---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection - Retail Transactions for Essential Consumer Goods - Cash Payments"
description: "Consumer Protection - Retail Transactions for Essential Consumer Goods - Cash Payments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 191"
citation: "Maryland HB 191 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wims"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-09-29"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/285f6875-29cd-42ef-a1cd-97921ae6f779"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0191?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "80f3b5bb2cdf2a55ea9db054690bf3840b11f0e93d4a41747a70ea26c871e4a9"
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 191 (2026) — Consumer Protection - Retail Transactions for Essential Consumer Goods - Cash Payments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Consumer Protection - Retail Transactions for Essential Consumer Goods - Cash Payments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_714_hb0191e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Consumer Protection - Retail Transactions for Essential Consumer Goods - Cash Payments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0191e.pdf)
3. **First - Consumer Protection - Retail Transactions - Cash Payments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0191f.pdf)
4. **Third - Consumer Protection - Retail Transactions for Essential Consumer Goods - Cash Payments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0191t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **103–33** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **99–28** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **35–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wims — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Motion Laid Over (Senator Gallion) Adopted
- **2026-04-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 714 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/285f6875-29cd-42ef-a1cd-97921ae6f779`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).