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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Consumer Protection - Credit Report Security Freezes - Notice and Fees"
+description: "Consumer Protection - Credit Report Security Freezes - Notice and Fees"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 202"
+citation: "Maryland SB 202 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Commercial Law - Consumer Protection", "Consumer Protection", "Credit", "Electronic Communication", "Fees", "Fraud", "Identification", "Notices", "Postal Service", "Reports", "Time"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-17"
+last_action: "2018-05-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/518bce3f-0a77-4be3-b564-52a5f13eed92"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB202&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "ea197c9a22fed2f2ed23f02f6ddd576ab12cf1dbd115341510a96da8910de257"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 202 (2018) — Consumer Protection - Credit Report Security Freezes - Notice and Fees
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0202f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **101–37** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lee — primary (person)
+- Astle — cosponsor (person)
+- Benson — cosponsor (person)
+- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
+- Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
+- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
+- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
+- King — cosponsor (person)
+- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
+- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Pinsky — cosponsor (person)
+- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Zucker — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-17** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-31** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {177577/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
+- **2018-03-15** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-28** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-28** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-28** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-03-29** Third Reading Passed (101-37) `passage`
+- **2018-03-30** Returned Passed
+- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 677 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/518bce3f-0a77-4be3-b564-52a5f13eed92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+