File Code: Commercial Law - Consumer Protection
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 10
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Bromwell and Schuler
- 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.
House Action
- 1/26
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 1/28
- Hearing 2/5 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/10
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- 3/11
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/13
- Third Reading Passed (133-1)
- 4/1
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/16
- First Reading Finance
- 3/18
- Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/2
- Favorable Report by Finance
- 4/1
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/2
- Third Reading Passed (41-4)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 4/14
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 11
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
- Delegate Todd Schuler, District 8
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
- Notices
- 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):
House
- Number: 553993/01 Offered on: March 11, 2009 at:
12:02 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 13, 2009: Third Reading Passed (133-1)
Senate
- April 2, 2009: Third Reading Passed (41-4)
