| MD | HB1056 | Pass | Prohibiting a 340B manufacturer from taking certain direct or indirect actions to limit or restrict the acquisition or delivery of a 340B drug; making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice within the meaning of the C... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 962 |
| MD | HB603 | Pass | Requiring a certain entity that offers an online product reasonably likely to be accessed by children to complete a certain data protection impact assessment by April 1, 2026, under certain circumstances; requiring certain privacy protections for cer... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 461 |
| MD | SB571 | Pass | Requiring a covered entity that offers an online product reasonably likely to be accessed by children to complete a certain data protection impact assessment on or before April 1, 2026, under certain circumstances; requiring certain privacy protectio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 460 |
| MD | SB760 | Pass | Prohibiting a merchant from selling a certain open- or closed-loop gift card to a consumer unless the merchant meets certain requirements; requiring a certain merchant to provide training to all employees of the merchant on identifying and responding... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 463 |
| MD | SB1 | Pass | Altering a certain charge that may be assessed to a public service company; providing for the recovery of certain costs through rates; establishing an energy salesperson license for certain persons that offer or sell electricity supply agreements or ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 537 |
| MD | HB567 | Pass | Establishing generally the manner in which a controller or a processor may process a consumer's personal data; authorizing a consumer to exercise certain rights in regards to the consumer's personal data; requiring a controller of personal data to es... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 454 |
| MD | HB1047 | Pass | Providing that a party in a criminal trial involving an allegation of sexually assaultive behavior may not introduce information that physical evidence of sexually assaultive behavior was obtained using certain materials; providing that selling, offe... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 262 |
| MD | HB896 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a merchant from selling a certain open- or closed-loop gift card to a consumer unless the merchant meets certain requirements; requiring a merchant to provide to the employees of the merchant training on identification of gift card fraud;... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08 Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Kramer, Hayes and Mautz) |
| MD | SB949 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that a party in a criminal trial involving an allegation of sexually assaultive behavior may not introduce information that physical evidence of sexually assaultive behavior was obtained using certain materials; providing that selling, offe... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB986 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a 340B manufacturer from taking certain direct or indirect actions to limit or restrict the acquisition or delivery of a 340B drug; making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice within the meaning of the Co... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-06 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB1299 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the applicability of the Maryland Consumer Protection Act to include certain unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practices in trade or commerce, including any economic activity within the State that involves or relates to any commodity or se... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-01 Unfavorable Report by Finance |
| MD | HB419 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring certain businesses that use a point-of-sale system that automatically prompts a customer to leave a tip to disclose to whom the tip will be allocated and display a tip amount that is set at zero by default; and establishing that a violation... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1049 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring a person who makes an automatic renewal offer to consumers to allow a consumer to cancel the automatic renewal in a certain manner; requiring automatic renewal offers to be displayed in a certain manner and contain certain information; esta... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB53 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Task Force to Study E-Commerce Monopolies in the State to investigate the business practices and industry impacts of e-commerce businesses that individually have annual revenue exceeding $10,000,000,000, have a presence in the State,... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB661 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the amount of wages of a judgment debtor that are exempt from attachment; establishing and altering certain requirements on judgment creditors; making a violation of certain requirements on judgment creditors relating to a judgment arising o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB695 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a dealer of used motor vehicles sold or leased in the State to establish procedures under which each consumer, before completing a transaction to purchase or lease a used motor vehicle from the dealer, is notified and provided with a copy o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB1104 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring out-of-network health care facilities to provide certain information to a consumer and obtain certain consent before providing a health care service; requiring that certain out-of-network status information be provided in a certain consent ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1148 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring out-of-network health care facilities to provide certain information to a consumer and obtain certain consent before providing a health care service; requiring that certain out-of-network status information be provided in a certain consent ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1135 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring certain regulated financial institutions to develop a community benefit plan in connection with certain applications to the Commissioner of Financial Regulation relating to financial services; requiring the Commissioner to exercise certain ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB918 | Intro
Sine Die | Changing the name of the Retail Choice Customer Education and Protection Fund to the Education and Protection Fund; and modifying the purpose and uses of the Fund to include educating certain customers on certain energy choices and developing a certa... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1481 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a retail business from charging a consumer a certain surcharge in excess of the amount required to reimburse the retail business for the cost of processing certain credit or debit transactions; and making a violation of this Act an unfair... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB467 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing consumer protections related to service fees charged by restaurants; specifying a certain tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; and prohibiting employers of tipped employees, beginning January 1, 2027, from includ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1196 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the seller of any real property to provide a title report to the buyer prior to closing; permitting a buyer to rescind a contract of sale for real property under certain circumstances; and providing that a violation of the Act is an unfair,... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB962 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the seller of any real property to provide a title report to the buyer prior to closing; permitting a buyer to rescind a contract of sale for real property under certain circumstances; and providing that a violation of the Act is an unfair,... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB780 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from selling an Internet-connected device that is intended for minors unless the device is sold with a certain filter, certain privacy settings, and other features; making a violation of the prohibition an unfair, abusive, or dec... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06 To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB1040 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a person who makes an automatic renewal offer to consumers to allow a consumer to cancel the automatic renewal in a certain manner; requiring automatic renewal offers to be displayed in a certain manner and contain certain information; and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06 To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB330 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the conditions under which a lawsuit is considered a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP suit); altering the conditions under which a defendant in a SLAPP suit is not civilly liable for certain communications; establishing ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB772 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from selling an Internet-connected device that is intended for minors unless the device is sold with a certain filter, certain privacy settings, and other features; making a violation of the prohibition an unfair, abusive, or dec... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02 To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB568 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the conditions under which a lawsuit is considered a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP suit); altering the conditions under which a defendant in a SLAPP suit is not civilly liable for certain communications; establishing ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB520 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a retail business from charging a consumer a certain surcharge in excess of the amount required to reimburse the retail business for the cost of processing certain credit or debit transactions; and making a violation of this Act an unfair... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 To Senate Finance Committee |