Maryland House Bill 340 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-14 - Hearing 1/27 at 1:30 p.m.
Pending: House Economic Matters Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a merchant, in certain transactions, from prohibiting a person from making a cash payment to purchase goods and services, requiring a person to purchase goods or services by using a credit or debit card, or charging or collecting from a person a fee for making a cash payment for the purchase of goods or services; providing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act and subject to certain enforcement and penalty provisions; etc.

Commercial Law – Retail Transactions – Cash Payments (Cash Transactions Preservation Act)

Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-14	House	Hearing 1/27 at 1:30 p.m.
2021-01-13	House	First Reading Economic Matters
2020-09-15	House	Pre-filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Commercial Law	13	301	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Commercial Law	14	1327	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0340?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0340f.pdf