---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection - Telephone Solicitation - Exemptions and Remedies"
description: "Consumer Protection - Telephone Solicitation - Exemptions and Remedies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1228"
citation: "Maryland HB 1228 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/764ccd50-e710-479c-86aa-775791cff851"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1228?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "25e4168940103c88913f24ec94b5461d73262b91179c001230d9f61e3826425b"
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 1228 (2024) — Consumer Protection - Telephone Solicitation - Exemptions and Remedies

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Consumer Protection - Telephone Solicitation - Exemptions and Remedies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_214_hb1228t.pdf)
2. **First - Consumer Protection - Telephone Solicitation - Exemptions and Waiver of Remedies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1228f.pdf)
3. **Third - Consumer Protection - Telephone Solicitation - Exemptions and Remedies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1228t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Stewart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 214 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/764ccd50-e710-479c-86aa-775791cff851`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).