Unfair Trade Practices

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 14

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  HB 128

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 417

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Jameson, Anderson, Arora, Bobo, Bohanan, Braveboy, Cardin, Carr, Eckardt, Frush, Gaines, Gutierrez, Howard, James, Kach, Kaiser, K. Kelly, Krebs, Luedtke, McConkey, Minnick, Murphy, Pena-Melnyk, B. Robinson, Sophocleus, Valderrama, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, Washington, Wilson, and Wood

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Maryland Consumer Protection Act - Scope

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 715

  Status as of April 11, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Walker, Barnes, Branch, Braveboy, Davis, Feldman, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Luedtke, Mitchell, Morhaim, Murphy, Niemann, Olszewski, Ross, Stukes, F. Turner, Vallario, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, and Wilson

  Entitled

  Consumer Protection - Home Appliances - Warranty Enforcement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 738

  Status as of April 5, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frick, Barkley, Bates, Bobo, Carr, DeBoy, Gilchrist, Hixson, Hucker, Kaiser, A. Kelly, Lee, Luedtke, McDermott, W. Miller, Minnick, Mizeur, Myers, Pendergrass, Reznik, Rudolph, Stocksdale, F. Turner, Waldstreicher, and Walker

  Entitled

  Consumer Protection - Free Credit Reports and Credit Scores - Prohibited Practices

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 762

  Status as of March 22, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Braveboy

  Entitled

  Insurance - Unfair Claim Settlement Practices - Refusal to Pay a Claim

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 873

  Status as of March 31, 2011: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dumais, Alston, Anderson, Barnes, Mitchell, and Valderrama

  Entitled

  Maryland Civil Litigation Funding Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 995

  Status as of April 8, 2011: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Bohanan

  Entitled

  Higher Education - Regulation of Public, Private Nonprofit, and For-Profit Institutions of Higher Education

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1022

  Status as of May 10, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 281

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Vaughn, Barkley, Bobo, Braveboy, Harrison, Hucker, Jameson, Kramer, Love, Minnick, Niemann, Olszewski, and Washington

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Debt Settlement Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1203

  Status as of March 7, 2011: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Malone

  Entitled

  Motor Vehicle Air Bags - Consumer Protection and Reporting Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  SB 48

  Status as of January 26, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kelley

  Entitled

  Motor Vehicle Air Bags - Consumer Protection and Reporting Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance and Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 75

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 416

  Sponsored By

  Senators Astle and Muse

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Maryland Consumer Protection Act - Scope

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 217

  Status as of April 12, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 38

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kelley

  Entitled

  Life Insurance and Annuities - Retained Asset Accounts - Beneficiaries' Bill of Rights

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 527

  Status as of February 9, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Simonaire

  Entitled

  Anne Arundel County - Automated Political Telephone Calls - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 695

  Status as of May 10, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 277

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pinsky, Conway, Dyson, and Ferguson

  Entitled

  Higher Education - Regulation of Public, Private Nonprofit, and For-Profit Institutions of Higher Education

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 741

  Status as of May 10, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 280

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pugh and Madaleno

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Debt Settlement Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters