File Code: Commercial Law - Consumer Protection
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 175
- Sponsored By:
-
Senator Klausmeier
- Entitled:
-
Consumer Protection - False Advertising - Misrepresentations in Advertisements
and Telephone Directory Listings
Providing that a person is in violation of a specified provision of
law prohibiting false advertising if the person causes an
advertisement that misrepresents the location of the person to be
published in a specified directory, or causes a telephone listing that
misrepresents the location of the person to be listed in a specified
directory; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 7/11
- Pre-filed
- 1/14
- First Reading Finance
- 1/15
- Hearing 2/3 at 2:00 p.m.
- 2/24
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 2/25
- Favorable with Amendments
- Committee Amendment Adopted
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted (40-5)
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2/27
- Third Reading Passed (40-5)
- 4/4
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (37-6)
- Passed Enrolled
House Action
- 3/2
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 3/17
- Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/3
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- 3/30
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/31
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (134-0)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 4/14
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 10
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Advertising
- Commerce and Business -see also- Dealers; Elec. Comm.; etc
- Consumer Protection -see also- Unfair Trade Practices
- Disclosure
- Liability -see also- Good Samaritan
- Penalties
- Publications -see also- Maryland Register
- Telephones
- Unfair Trade Practices
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Commercial Law
- (
11-701 ,
11-702 ,
11-703 ,
11-704.1 ,
11-705
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
Senate
- Number: 197375/01 Offered on: February 25, 2009 at:
11:04 a.m. Status: Adopted
House
- Number: 443997/01 Offered on: April 3, 2009 at:
11:21 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- February 25, 2009: Favorable with Amendments Adopted (40-5)
- February 27, 2009: Third Reading Passed (40-5)
- April 4, 2009: Third Reading Passed (37-6)
House
- March 31, 2009: Third Reading Passed (134-0)
