MD SB68 | 2018 | Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill 68 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-01 - Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Altering the exemption from the requirement that a person must have a license to operate as a collection agency to include all lawyers, and employees under the supervision of a lawyer, who are collecting a debt for a client; repealing the requirement that lawyers who have employees who are nonlawyers primarily engaged in debt collection must have a license to operate as a collection agency; etc.

Title

Business Regulation - Collection Agencies - Exemptions From Licensure

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-01	Senate	Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
2018-01-10	Senate	First Reading Finance
2017-09-29	Senate	Pre-filed

Subjects

Attorneys
Business Regulation and Occupations
Debt Collection
Exemptions
Licenses
Work, Labor and Employment

Maryland State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0068?ys=2018rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0068f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/fnotes/bil_0008/sb0068.pdf