---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection - Consumer Council - Name Change"
description: "Consumer Protection - Consumer Council - Name Change"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 996"
citation: "Maryland HB 996 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["White Holland"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac914b88-c4ce-45f9-aa02-9d8359e31cf5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0996?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "69194bc230489c7d40b7ed35603891dc4a5716928a59894b1abe03e2cf384ebe"
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 996 (2024) — Consumer Protection - Consumer Council - Name Change

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Consumer Protection - Consumer Council - Name Change** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_482_hb0996t.pdf)
2. **First - Consumer Protection – Consumer Council – Name Change and Other Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0996f.pdf)
3. **Third - Consumer Protection - Consumer Council - Name Change** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0996t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **35–12** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- White Holland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 482 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac914b88-c4ce-45f9-aa02-9d8359e31cf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).