---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection - Recovering of Bedding - Limitation"
description: "Consumer Protection - Recovering of Bedding - Limitation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 681"
citation: "Maryland SB 681 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial Law - Consumer Protection", "Consumer Protection", "Crimes and Punishments", "Fines", "Labeling", "Retail Sales"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramirez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a19aca41-663e-43d1-851b-86c3c5b79516"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB681&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "ab8fb4342ee6aaf3a05e21c77b535b3d22c9a649708f5a9baff483a01c81cdc5"
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 681 (2017) — Consumer Protection - Recovering of Bedding - Limitation

## 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/sb0681f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ramirez — primary (person)
- Astle — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Oaks — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-06** Favorable with Amendments {557079/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-08** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-08** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-29** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-30** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 86 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a19aca41-663e-43d1-851b-86c3c5b79516`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).