---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of the Attorney General - Securities Commissioner - Asset Recovery for Exploited Seniors"
description: "Office of the Attorney General - Securities Commissioner - Asset Recovery for Exploited Seniors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1506"
citation: "Maryland HB 1506 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial Law - Consumer Protection", "Attorney General", "Civil Actions", "Committees and Commissions", "Consumer Protection", "Crimes and Punishments", "Damages", "Elderly Persons", "Fraud", "Penalties and Sentences", "Securities", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kramer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dfa56a6-75cb-4ca3-9e32-7976d040a202"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1506&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "88f8b70855c388af5356173492ce0f3c37785a85bf2464ba54dabb7a0ebcf76c"
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 1506 (2018) — Office of the Attorney General - Securities Commissioner - Asset Recovery for Exploited Seniors

## 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/hb/hb1506f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–6** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kramer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-06** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-08** Third Reading Passed (131-6) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 794 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4dfa56a6-75cb-4ca3-9e32-7976d040a202`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).