2008 Regular Session

Unfair Trade Practices

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 23

HB 62
Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 483
Sponsored By
Delegates Hubbard, Hammen, Pendergrass, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled
Lead-Containing Children's Products - Prohibition
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 110
Status as of February 12, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Ali, Aumann, Gutierrez, Heller, Howard, Kipke, Lafferty, Niemann, Stocksdale, Taylor, F. Turner, and Walkup
Entitled
Wireless Telephone Service Billing Change Notification Act
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 259
Status as of February 19, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Smigiel, Aumann, Bates, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, George, Jennings, Kach, Kipke, McComas, Norman, O'Donnell, Shank, Shewell, Sossi, and Stocksdale
Entitled
Consumer Protection - Required Disclosure of Social Security Number - Prohibited
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 284
Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Ali and Feldman
Entitled
Consumer Loyalty Card Privacy Act
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 357
Status as of March 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Shewell, Ali, Beidle, Conaway, Elliott, Elmore, George, Glenn, Heller, Kaiser, Kelly, King, Krebs, Love, McKee, Myers, Riley, Shank, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, and Weir
Entitled
Consumer Protection - Unsolicited Print Publications - Prohibition on Delivery
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 361
Status as of April 3, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 6
Sponsored By
The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Niemann, Aumann, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Bohanan, Braveboy, Burns, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conway, Eckardt, Frick, Gaines, Griffith, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Haddaway, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Howard, Hucker, Ivey, James, Jones, Kaiser, Krysiak, Lafferty, Lee, Levi, Levy, Love, Manno, Mathias, McIntosh, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Riley, Ross, Shewell, Sophocleus, Stein, Stukes, Tarrant, F. Turner, V. Turner, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, and Walker
Entitled
Protection of Homeowners in Foreclosure - Prohibition on Foreclosure Rescue Transactions - Enforcement
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 658
Status as of March 22, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Waldstreicher and Braveboy
Entitled
Commercial Law - Consumer Protection - Services Provided at No Cost
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 716
Status as of March 22, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Burns
Entitled
Consumer Protection - Eating Utensils and Related Items - Identification of Place of Manufacture
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 757
Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Howard, Braveboy, Griffith, Healey, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, and Vaughn
Entitled
Consumer Protection - Sale or Distribution of Personal Information - Limitations
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 776
Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Robinson, Conaway, Frank, Haynes, and Sophocleus
Entitled
Consumer Protection - Dry Cleaning and Laundering Establishments - Lost or Damaged Clothing
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 1073
Status as of March 17, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Conaway
Entitled
Consumer Protection - Limit on Quantity of Consumer Goods Purchased - Notice
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 1079
Status as of April 8, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 112
Sponsored By
Delegates Feldman, Ali, and Rosenberg
Entitled
Consumer Protection - Halal Food Products
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 1090
Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 532
Sponsored By
Delegates Morhaim and Harrison
Entitled
State Board of Morticians - Family Security Trust Fund and Pre-Need Contracts
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 1108
Status as of March 13, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Lee, Ali, Barnes, DeBoy, Dumais, Howard, James, Jones, Kaiser, Kullen, McComas, McDonough, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Ramirez, Schuh, Schuler, Shank, Stocksdale, and Waldstreicher
Entitled
Payment Information Security Act
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 1178
Status as of March 26, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Frick, Feldman, Hecht, and Lee
Entitled
Commercial Law - Consumer Contracts - Prohibited Provisions
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 1297
Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Feldman and Harrison
Entitled
Consumer Protection - Internet Auction Sales
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 1350
Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 539
Sponsored By
Delegates Stein and Kach
Entitled
Consumer Protection - Advertisement of Rebate for Consumer Goods
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 1447
Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Krysiak, Ali, Barve, Bobo, Burns, Dumais, Elmore, Feldman, Gutierrez, Harrison, Hecht, Hucker, Kirk, Krebs, Lee, Love, Manno, McComas, McHale, McIntosh, Minnick, Shewell, Taylor, and Vaughn
Entitled
Maryland Individual Tax Preparers Act
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 1487
Status as of March 5, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Rosenberg
Entitled
Public Safety - Emergency Management - Essential Goods and Services
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
SB 97
Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Favorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By
Senators Pugh, Conway, Della, Exum, Gladden, Jones, Kelley, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Raskin, and Stone
Entitled
Lead-Containing Children's Products - Prohibition
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
SB 218
Status as of April 3, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 5
Sponsored By
The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Currie, Della, Gladden, Jones, Kelley, Lenett, Madaleno, Middleton, Muse, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Stone, Frosh, Brochin, Forehand, Haines, Jacobs, Mooney, and Simonaire
Entitled
Protection of Homeowners in Foreclosure - Prohibition on Foreclosure Rescue Transactions - Enforcement
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters
SB 285
Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Kittleman
Entitled
Consumer Protection - Loose-Fill Insulation for Buildings - Required Statement on Packaging
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 817
Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 623
Sponsored By
Senators Conway, Colburn, Della, Garagiola, Lenett, Pugh, and Haines
Entitled
Maryland Individual Tax Preparers Act
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters