---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection – False Advertising – Digital Goods"
description: "Consumer Protection – False Advertising – Digital Goods"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 208"
citation: "Maryland HB 208 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pruski"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-10-24"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ff4fe55-0b6f-46d0-869f-a86c676e5728"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0208?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "372242bdd36bf0d11f901f064d9cea3a6ff8d7856780247cde6c10ae2c24e4a3"
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 208 (2025) — Consumer Protection – False Advertising – Digital Goods

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Consumer Protection – False Advertising – Digital Goods** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_206_hb0208e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Consumer Protection – False Advertising – Digital Goods** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0208e.pdf)
3. **First - Consumer Protection – False Advertising – Digital Goods** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0208f.pdf)
4. **Third - Consumer Protection – False Advertising – Digital Goods** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0208t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **39–8** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **99–34** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **114–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pruski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-24** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-02-25** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-26** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 206 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ff4fe55-0b6f-46d0-869f-a86c676e5728`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).