CHAPTER NUMBER: 588 
File Code: Financial Institutions
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 94  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senators Bromwell, Dorman, Astle, Derr, Della, and Hafer
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Consumer Credit - Mortgage Lenders - Regulatory Reform and
Anti-Fraud Protections
 
Altering the licensing and regulation of mortgage lenders and brokers;
adding specified exemptions from licensure; imposing additional
licensure requirements; increasing the term of specified licenses;
allowing the expiration of specified licenses to be staggered;
specifying fees, penalties and bonding requirements, etc. for mortgage
brokers; altering specified credit laws; establishing a Task Force to
Examine the Mortgage Lending Business; requiring the Task Force to
submit a specified report by December 1, 1997; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/29
 - First Reading Finance
 -      Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/24
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
 -      Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/25
 - Third Reading Passed (46-0)
 - 4/2
 - Returned Passed
 - 5/22
 - Signed by the Governor Chapter 588
 
House Action
- 3/23
 - First Reading Commerce and Government Matters
 - 3/26
 - Hearing 3/31 at 3:00 p.m.
 - 3/28
 - Hearing cancelled
 -      Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/1
 - Favorable Report by Commerce and Government Matters
 - 3/28
 - Favorable Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed
 - 3/29
 - Third Reading Passed (115-12)
 
- Sponsored by:
 - Senator Thomas L. Bromwell, District 8
 - Senator John C. Astle, District 30
 - Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 47
 - Senator John W. Derr, District 3
 - Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
 - Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
 
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
 - AGENTS AND BROKERS
 - BONDS -see also- COUNTY & BALTIMORE CITY BONDS; STATE BONDS.
 - COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
 - CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- ADVTG.; LABELING; WARRANTIES.
 - CONTRACTS -see also- LAND INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS; PROCUREMENT
 - CREDIT
 - DISCLOSURE
 - FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -see also- BANKS & TRUST CO; CREDIT U
 - FRAUD
 - LABOR,LICENSING, AND REGULATION, DEPARTMENT OF
 - LICENSES -see also- ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES LICENSES
 - LOANS
 - MORTGAGES
 - PENALTIES
 - PERJURY
 - REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
 
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
 -   Commercial Law
 - (
 12-903 ,
 12-905 ,
 12-905 ,
 12-1005 
)
 -   Financial Institutions
 - (
 11-501 ,
 11-502 ,
 11-505 ,
 11-506 ,
 11-506.1 ,
 11-507 ,
 11-508 ,
 11-511 ,
 11-512 ,
 11-523 
)
 
- Bill Text:
 -  First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled 
 - Fiscal Note:
 Available (PDF) 
Amendments: 
- Senate
 - Number: 077840/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 24, 1997     at: 20:52
 Status: Adopted