---
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: "HB 710"
citation: "Maryland HB 710 (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: ["Carey and Lisanti"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/185c4108-5745-412e-8c2d-39f10fc72223"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB710&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "cecc743639d05984b9c0f715a811503b99d24c69f5689488146d8b59776e76eb"
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 710 (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/hb/hb0710f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **108–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carey and Lisanti — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Favorable with Amendments {633598/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-08** Third Reading Passed (108-28) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-26** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-28** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 676 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/185c4108-5745-412e-8c2d-39f10fc72223`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).