File Code: Commercial Law - Consumer Protection
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegate Brown
- Entitled:
-
Electronic Commerce Disclosure Act
Requiring specified merchants who engage in electronic commerce to
provide a telephone number and mailing address to a consumer for
billing inquiries and billing complaints; requiring the merchants of
consumer goods to disclose to a consumer the return policy of the
merchant and, if the merchant accepts returned goods, who pays for
shipping; providing that a violation of any of the disclosure
provisions of the Act is an unfair or deceptive trade practice under
the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; etc.
House Action
- 1/24
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 2/9
- Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/6
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- 3/7
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Special Order 3/8 (Delegate Schisler) Adopted
- 3/8
- Special Order 3/9 (Delegate Franchot) Adopted
- 3/9
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/14
- Third Reading Passed (141-0)
Senate Action
- 3/15
- First Reading Finance
- 3/21
- Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- COMMERCE AND BUSINESS -see also- DEALERS; TRADERS; etc
- COMPUTERS
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES
- DISCLOSURE
- POSTAL SERVICE
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS -see also- TELEPHONES
- TELEPHONES
- UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Commercial Law
- (
13-301 ,
14-2901 ,
14-2902 ,
14-2903 ,
14-2904 ,
14-2905
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 193890/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 7, 2000 at:
10:40 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
- House
- March 14, 2000: Third Reading Passed (141-0)
