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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Consumer Protection - Unfair, Abusive, or Deceptive Trade Practices - Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults"
+description: "Consumer Protection - Unfair, Abusive, or Deceptive Trade Practices - Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 304"
+citation: "Maryland HB 304 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Atterbeary", "Bartlett", "C. Watson", "Carr", "Crutchfield", "D.M. Davis", "Ebersole", "Feldmark", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Guyton", "Henson", "Hettleman", "Hill", "K. Young", "Kelly", "Kerr", "Korman", "Lehman", "Lierman", "Lopez", "Love", "Luedtke", "Moon", "Palakovich Carr", "Pena-Melnyk", "Qi", "Queen", "R. Watson", "Shetty", "Smith", "Solomon", "Stewart", "Terrasa", "Valderrama", "W. Fisher", "Wilkins"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-01-20"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/586f7535-f1f3-4e8f-b3ef-afabaf351fa9"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0304?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "0b859144fd9df69fa481e0cc8734681c12b6d009d9b65700ef756b9f3e543e22"
+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 HB 304 (2020) — Consumer Protection - Unfair, Abusive, or Deceptive Trade Practices - Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Consumer Protection - Unfair, Abusive, or Deceptive Trade Practices - Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_160_hb0304t.pdf)
+2. **First - Consumer Protection - Unfair, Abusive, or Deceptive Trade Practices - Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0304f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Consumer Protection - Unfair, Abusive, or Deceptive Trade Practices - Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0304t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Atterbeary — primary (person)
+- Bartlett — primary (person)
+- C. Watson — primary (person)
+- Carr — primary (person)
+- Crutchfield — primary (person)
+- D.M. Davis — primary (person)
+- Ebersole — primary (person)
+- Feldmark — primary (person)
+- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
+- Guyton — primary (person)
+- Henson — primary (person)
+- Hettleman — primary (person)
+- Hill — primary (person)
+- K. Young — primary (person)
+- Kelly — primary (person)
+- Kerr — primary (person)
+- Korman — primary (person)
+- Lehman — primary (person)
+- Lierman — primary (person)
+- Lopez — primary (person)
+- Love — primary (person)
+- Luedtke — primary (person)
+- Moon — primary (person)
+- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
+- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
+- Qi — primary (person)
+- Queen — primary (person)
+- R. Watson — primary (person)
+- Shetty — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+- Terrasa — primary (person)
+- Valderrama — primary (person)
+- W. Fisher — primary (person)
+- Wilkins — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-20** First Reading Economic Matters and Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-21** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
+- **2020-01-22** Hearing canceled (Judiciary)
+- **2020-01-24** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) and Hearing canceled (Judiciary)
+- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-14** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-16** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-16** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
+- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 160 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/586f7535-f1f3-4e8f-b3ef-afabaf351fa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+