Maryland Senate Bill 459 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-3)
Status: Passed on May 27 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-05-27 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 807
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring an agreement to accept payment for the premium charged for a bail bond in installments to be in a form approved by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner; prohibiting the agreement from including a confessed judgment clause that waives a consumer's right to assert a specified defense; prohibiting a bail bondsman from including a specified confessed judgment clause that waives a consumer's right to assert a specified defense in an agreement to accept payment for the premium charged for a bail bond in installments; etc.

Bail Bond - Installment Contract - Form and Confessed Judgment Prohibition

Sen. Brian Feldman [D]	Sen. Thomas Middleton [D]	Sen. John Astle [D]	Sen. Joanne Benson [D]
Sen. Stephen Hershey [R]	Sen. J.B. Jennings [R]	Sen. Katherine Klausmeier [D]	Sen. Jim Mathias [D]
Sen. Edward Reilly [R]	Sen. Jim Rosapepe [D]	Sen. Nathaniel Oaks [D]

2017-04-04 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (134-3) (Y: 134 N: 3 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-03-22 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (44-3) (Y: 44 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-27	Senate	Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 807
2017-04-10	Senate	Returned Passed
2017-04-10	House	Third Reading Passed (134-3)
2017-04-10	House	Second Reading Passed
2017-04-10	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2017-04-08	House	Special Order until 04/10 (Delegate Barron) Adopted
2017-04-08	House	Favorable
2017-04-07	House	Special Order until next session (Delegate Vallario) Adopted
2017-04-07	House	Favorable
2017-04-07	House	Favorable Report by Judiciary
2017-04-05	House	Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-04-04	House	Rereferred to Judiciary
2017-03-24	House	First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
2017-03-24	Senate	Third Reading Passed (44-3)
2017-03-23	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2017-03-23	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {427573/1 Report Adopted
2017-03-23	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2017-02-14	Senate	Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-01-30	Senate	First Reading Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0459?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0459f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0459t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/Chapters_noln/CH_807_sb0459t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/amds/bil_0009/sb0459_42757301.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0009/sb0459.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/sb0459_fin.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/sb0459_jud.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0459,s-0794&stab=02&ys=2017RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0459,h-1514&stab=02&ys=2017RS