Maryland House Bill 783 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-19 - Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a debt collector from attempting to collect a debt unless the debt collector possesses specified verifiable information; requiring a specified affidavit to meet specified requirements; prohibiting supporting documents in a civil action, including affidavits, from being created solely for the purpose of filing a civil action; prohibiting an original creditor from selling a specified debt; requiring an original creditor to provide specified documentation to a debt buyer; etc.

Consumer Protection - Collection and Sale of Consumer Debt - Restrictions

Del. Ana Gutierrez [D]	Del. Alfred Carr [D]	Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]	Del. Eric Luedtke [D]
Del. David Moon [D]	Del. Marice Morales [D]	Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Sen. William Smith [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-19	House	Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
2016-03-02	House	Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-11	House	Hearing cancelled
2016-02-24	House	Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-08	House	First Reading Economic Matters

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0783?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/hb/hb0783f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0003/hb0783.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/hb0783_ecm.pdf