---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection - Resale of Tickets - Disclosures and Refunds"
description: "Consumer Protection - Resale of Tickets - Disclosures and Refunds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 891"
citation: "Maryland SB 891 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial Law - Consumer Protection", "Art", "Music and Cultural Affairs", "Commerce and Business", "Consumer Protection", "Dealers", "Disclosure", "Retail Sales", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d64bf0d5-b23d-4a75-a239-fe3537783d51"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB891&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "e011732d777adf83ee752a9b7e0590582c77da6432f8ff5fd38caa257b1f2349"
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 891 (2019) — Consumer Protection - Resale of Tickets - Disclosures and Refunds

## 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/sb0891f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Feldman — primary (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Rereferred to Finance
- **2019-03-04** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-25** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Favorable with Amendments {837878/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-27** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-28** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Rereferred to Economic Matters
- **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
- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed (133-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 307 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d64bf0d5-b23d-4a75-a239-fe3537783d51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).