---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts - Consumer Debt Collection Actions - Statute of Limitations"
description: "Courts - Consumer Debt Collection Actions - Statute of Limitations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 42"
citation: "Maryland SB 42 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Actions and Procedures", "Debt Collection", "Statutes of Limitation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norman and Cassilly"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-11-02"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8d923b5-65e3-45ae-8792-9c096aac6a51"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB42&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "f268952083a93e1a298292983f14b50706bd772f6d9b78ed0c748d000bcf407d"
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 42 (2018) — Courts - Consumer Debt Collection Actions - Statute of Limitations

## 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/sb/sb0042f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Norman and Cassilly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-02** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-04** Hearing 1/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Favorable with Amendments {518773/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Laid Over (Senator Middleton) Adopted
- **2018-02-15** Favorable with Amendments {518773/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-02-19** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-20** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (132-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 549 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8d923b5-65e3-45ae-8792-9c096aac6a51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).