republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2019/hb-594.md

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Bill	Financial Institutions - Student Loan Servicers - Unfair, Abusive, or Deceptive Trade Practices	Financial Institutions - Student Loan Servicers - Unfair, Abusive, or Deceptive Trade Practices	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2019	HB 594	Maryland HB 594 (2019)	bill	Financial Institutions Higher Education Commercial Law - Consumer Protection Agents and Brokers Claims Communications Consumer Protection Crimes and Punishments Data Debt Collection Disclosure Education Fees Financial Institutions Forms Fraud Higher Education Investigations and Inquiries Loans Notices Ombudsmen Penalties and Sentences Records Reports Residency Revenue and Taxes Scholarships and Student Financial Aid Signatures Students Time Unfair Trade Practices	enacted	The Speaker (By Request - Office of the Attorney General) and Atterbeary	1	14	2	2019-02-04	2019-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/8f89a489-a237-4368-859f-b4e40dacc4a1	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB594&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs	73b24b251d479e8dc77823ac59b13a86624c57385d44e4acd4cd0b016b19cef2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 594 (2019) — Financial Institutions - Student Loan Servicers - Unfair, Abusive, or Deceptive Trade Practices

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 105–32 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• The Speaker (By Request - Office of the Attorney General) and Atterbeary — primary (person)
• Barve — cosponsor (person)
• Clippinger — cosponsor (person)
• D.E. Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Fennell — cosponsor (person)
• Gaines — cosponsor (person)
• Hettleman — cosponsor (person)
• Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly — cosponsor (person)
• Sample-Hughes — cosponsor (person)
• Stein — cosponsor (person)
• Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Wilson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-04 First Reading Economic Matters referral-committee
• 2019-02-05 Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2019-03-26 Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-26 Favorable with Amendments {843499/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-26 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2019-03-27 Third Reading Passed (105-32) passage
• 2019-03-28 First Reading Senate Rules referral-committee
• 2019-03-29 Rereferred to Finance
• 2019-04-03 Favorable Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-03 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-03 Second Reading Passed
• 2019-04-04 Third Reading Passed (45-0) passage
• 2019-04-04 Returned Passed
• 2019-05-13 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 546 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8f89a489-a237-4368-859f-b4e40dacc4a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).