---
type: "Bill"
title: "Credit Regulation - Unsecured Open End Credit Plans - Fees and Charges"
description: "Credit Regulation - Unsecured Open End Credit Plans - Fees and Charges"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 527"
citation: "Maryland SB 527 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial Law - Credit Regulation", "Commerce and Business", "Consumer Protection", "Credit", "Fees", "Interest", "Rules and Regulations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Middleton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a6b0070-104f-4f84-88da-244b84b812b6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB527&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "e69df9a94416a735895ea1117d71d46ac0cb67241d4627fb0c1b5fcf5b350c2a"
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 527 (2017) — Credit Regulation - Unsecured Open End Credit Plans - Fees and Charges

## 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/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0527f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **40–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Middleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-01** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-03** Hearing canceled
- **2017-02-03** Hearing 2/21 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-31** Third Reading Passed (40-5) `passage`
- **2017-03-31** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Rereferred to Economic Matters
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Special Order until next session (Delegate Davis) Adopted
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 723 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a6b0070-104f-4f84-88da-244b84b812b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).