---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial Law - Credit Services Businesses - Information Statements"
description: "Commercial Law - Credit Services Businesses - Information Statements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 68"
citation: "Maryland SB 68 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial Law - Credit Regulation", "Commerce and Business", "Consumer Protection", "Contracts", "Credit", "Notices"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-10-25"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c0b167c-2221-4d41-987f-548f1cb91f55"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB68&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "419bf8f41ceaf01bf212e0af69f803cf91253537608c6c22f868dc80f8f72e4e"
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 68 (2019) — Commercial Law - Credit Services Businesses - Information Statements

## 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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0068f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor — cosponsor (person)
- Licensing and Regulation) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-25** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** Favorable with Amendments {807374/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-02-20** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-02-21** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-03** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-04** Third Reading Passed (134-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 88 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c0b167c-2221-4d41-987f-548f1cb91f55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).