Program to Protect Individuals Unemployed or Furloughed Due to Federal Actions - Establishment [HB-1557]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Unemployment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Program to Protect Individuals Unemployed or Furloughed Due to Federal Actions; requiring a credit reporting agency to place an adverse information freeze on a qualified individual's record; establishing requirements and prohibitions for certain financial institutions; prohibiting a public service company from terminating electric or gas service to a qualified individual; requiring a court to stay a foreclosure of a certain residential property; requiring the Department to administer the Program; etc.
HB-1557: Program to Protect Individuals Unemployed or Furloughed Due to Federal Actions - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark
Motion Rules Suspend For Late Introduction (delegate Feldmark) Adopted (101-34) on 03/26/2025
Baltimore City - Speed Monitoring Systems on Interstate 83 - Unpaid and Overdue Citations [HB-1130]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring Baltimore City to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration for certain purposes if an owner or a driver of a vehicle accumulates more than $250 in unpaid and overdue fines for violations recorded by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 83 in Baltimore City; authorizing Baltimore City to immobilize a vehicle owned or driven by a person that has accumulated more than $250 in unpaid and overdue fines for violations recorded by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 83 in Baltimore City; etc.
HB-1130: Baltimore City - Speed Monitoring Systems on Interstate 83 - Unpaid and Overdue Citations
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/15/2025
Hospitals - Financial Assistance and Collection of Debts - Policies [SB-981]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Excluding a civil action on a certain contract between a hospital and a consumer from a certain provision of law establishing the statute of limitations on civil actions on certain specialties; specifying the percentage by which a hospital is required to reduce a patient's out-of-pocket expenses under certain circumstances; adding to the notice requirements relating to a hospital's financial assistance policy; prohibiting a hospital from filing a civil action to collect a debt against a patient whose outstanding debt is at or below $500; etc.
SB-981: Hospitals - Financial Assistance and Collection of Debts - Policies
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 694 on 05/20/2025
Transportation-Related Tolls - Installment Payment Plans [SB-941]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to establish programs to offer installment payment plans for the payment of unpaid video tolls and civil penalties in excess of $300.
Consumer Protection - Credit Reporting - Medical Debt (Fair Medical Debt Reporting Act) [HB-1020]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
Prohibiting a consumer reporting agency from furnishing any consumer report containing certain adverse information relating to a consumer's medical debt, or any collection action against a consumer for medical debt, or maintain a file on a consumer related to medical debt or collections; prohibiting a person from using medical debt information from a consumer report for certain purposes; prohibiting a health care facility, a health care practitioner, or an ambulance service from disclosing medical debt to a consumer reporting agency; etc.
HB-1020: Consumer Protection - Credit Reporting - Medical Debt (Fair Medical Debt Reporting Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 121 on 04/22/2025
Institutions of Postsecondary Education - Institutional Debt - Report [HB-920]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Funding ]
Requiring institutions of postsecondary education to submit a report on institutional debt to the Maryland Higher Education Commission by October 1 each year, beginning in 2026; authorizing the Commission to assess a civil penalty, up to $10,000 per violation, against an institution for failure to submit a report or knowingly including inaccurate information in a report; and establishing certain notice and hearing procedures that the Commission must follow before assessing a civil penalty.
HB-920: Institutions of Postsecondary Education - Institutional Debt - Report
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Hearing Canceled on 04/02/2025
Hospitals - Medical Debt Collection - Sale of Patient Debt [HB-765]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Nonprofit ]
Authorizing a hospital, under certain circumstances, to sell the medical debt of patients if the debt is sold to a governmental unit or an entity that is under contract with the unit or a nonprofit organization for the purpose of canceling the debt; requiring that a hospital's financial policy require the hospital to dismiss actions pending against a patient for the collection of debt that was sold and prohibit the hospital from engaging in specified collection activities; etc.
HB-765: Hospitals - Medical Debt Collection - Sale of Patient Debt
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 750 on 05/20/2025
Consumer Protection - Credit Reporting - Medical Debt (Fair Medical Debt Reporting Act) [SB-614]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Finance ]
Prohibiting a consumer reporting agency from including certain medical debt information in a consumer report; prohibiting a person from using medical debt information included in a consumer report when making a creditworthiness determination; prohibiting certain entities from disclosing medical debt to a consumer reporting agency; requiring certain entities to include a certain provision in contracts entered into with a collection entity regarding medical debt; etc.
SB-614: Consumer Protection - Credit Reporting - Medical Debt (Fair Medical Debt Reporting Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/05/2025
Medical Debt - Complaints for Money Judgment and Real Property Liens [SB-349]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Property Tax ]
Establishing certain requirements for a complaint for a money judgment for medical debt; defining "medical debt" as a debt owed by a consumer to a person, the person's agent or assignee for the provision of medical services, products, or devices; providing that medical debt does not include debt charged to a credit card except under certain circumstances; prohibiting the creation of a lien on owner-occupied residential property for the payment of medical debt; and applying the Act prospectively.
SB-349: Medical Debt - Complaints for Money Judgment and Real Property Liens
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 497 on 05/13/2025
Commercial Law - Attachment of Wages - Exemptions (Exempt Income Protection Act) [HB-393]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Poverty ]
Altering the amount of wages of a judgment debtor that are exempt from attachment to 150% of the federal poverty level; and requiring an employer served with an attachment to notify the judgment debtor in writing of the amount of wages exempt from attachment, the method used to calculate the amount of attachable wages, and the procedure by which the judgment debtor may contest the attachment.
HB-393: Commercial Law - Attachment of Wages - Exemptions (Exempt Income Protection Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Pamela Queen
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/16/2025
Medical Debt - Complaints for Money Judgment and Real Property Liens [HB-428]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
Establishing certain requirements for a complaint for a money judgment; defining "medical debt" as a debt owed by a consumer to a provider of medical services, products, or devices, but does not include debt charged to a credit card except under certain circumstances; prohibiting the creation of a lien on owner-occupied residential property by contract or as a result of a breach of contract for the payment of medical debt; and applying the Act prospectively.
HB-428: Medical Debt - Complaints for Money Judgment and Real Property Liens
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 498 on 05/13/2025
State and Private Construction Contracts - Prompt Payment Requirements [HB-451]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a private construction contract to include a provision requiring the owner to pay the contractor within a certain period of time or, if the owner withholds all or part of an amount invoiced, to send a certain notification to the contractor; requiring a contract between a contractor and a subcontractor on a private or State construction contract to include a provision requiring the contractor to pay the subcontractor within a certain period of time; etc.
HB-451: State and Private Construction Contracts - Prompt Payment Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Kriselda Valderrama
First Reading Economic Matters And Health And Government Operations on 01/16/2025
Family Law – Child Support [HB-218]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Altering provisions relating to the commencement of a proceeding to hold a person in contempt of court for the person's default in payment of periodic child or spousal support under the terms of a court order and provisions relating to the commencement of a contempt proceeding for failure to make a payment of child or spousal support under a court order; authorizing the Child Support Administration to take action to secure an assignment to the State of any rights to support on behalf of a child receiving foster care maintenance payments; etc.
Hospitals - Financial Assistance and Collection of Debts - Policies [HB-268]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Finance ]
Altering provisions of law related to a hospital's financial assistance and collection of debts policies; specifying the percentage by which a hospital is required to reduce a patient's out-of-pocket expenses under certain circumstances; adding to the notice requirements relating to a hospital's financial assistance policy; prohibiting a hospital from filing a civil action to collect a debt against a patient whose outstanding debt is at or below $500; etc.
HB-268: Hospitals - Financial Assistance and Collection of Debts - Policies
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 693 on 05/20/2025
Commercial Law - Attachment of Wages - Exemptions (Exempt Income Protection Act) [SB-31]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Poverty ]
Altering the amount of wages of a judgment debtor that are exempt from attachment to 150% of the federal poverty level; and requiring an employer served with an attachment to notify the judgment debtor in writing of the amount of wages exempt from attachment, the method used to calculate the amount of attachable wages, and the procedure by which the judgment debtor may contest the attachment.
SB-31: Commercial Law - Attachment of Wages - Exemptions (Exempt Income Protection Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2025
Nonpublic Schools - Transcripts - Prohibition on Punitive Measures Related to Student Debt [HB-184]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting nonpublic schools that participate in State-funded education programs from refusing to provide a current or former student or the student's parent or guardian with a transcript or taking other punitive measures regarding a student's transcript request because the student owes a debt to the nonpublic school.
HB-184: Nonpublic Schools - Transcripts - Prohibition on Punitive Measures Related to Student Debt
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/14/2025