republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2020/hb-304.md

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Bill	Consumer Protection - Unfair, Abusive, or Deceptive Trade Practices - Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults	Consumer Protection - Unfair, Abusive, or Deceptive Trade Practices - Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2020	HB 304	Maryland HB 304 (2020)	bill		enacted	Atterbeary Bartlett C. Watson Carr Crutchfield D.M. Davis Ebersole Feldmark Fraser-Hidalgo Guyton Henson Hettleman Hill K. Young Kelly Kerr Korman Lehman Lierman Lopez Love Luedtke Moon Palakovich Carr Pena-Melnyk Qi Queen R. Watson Shetty Smith Solomon Stewart Terrasa Valderrama W. Fisher Wilkins	3	15	1	2020-01-20	2020-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/586f7535-f1f3-4e8f-b3ef-afabaf351fa9	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0304?ys=2020RS&search=True	0b859144fd9df69fa481e0cc8734681c12b6d009d9b65700ef756b9f3e543e22	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 304 (2020) — Consumer Protection - Unfair, Abusive, or Deceptive Trade Practices - Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Consumer Protection - Unfair, Abusive, or Deceptive Trade Practices - Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Consumer Protection - Unfair, Abusive, or Deceptive Trade Practices - Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Consumer Protection - Unfair, Abusive, or Deceptive Trade Practices - Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 131–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Atterbeary — primary (person)
• Bartlett — primary (person)
• C. Watson — primary (person)
• Carr — primary (person)
• Crutchfield — primary (person)
• D.M. Davis — primary (person)
• Ebersole — primary (person)
• Feldmark — primary (person)
• Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
• Guyton — primary (person)
• Henson — primary (person)
• Hettleman — primary (person)
• Hill — primary (person)
• K. Young — primary (person)
• Kelly — primary (person)
• Kerr — primary (person)
• Korman — primary (person)
• Lehman — primary (person)
• Lierman — primary (person)
• Lopez — primary (person)
• Love — primary (person)
• Luedtke — primary (person)
• Moon — primary (person)
• Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
• Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
• Qi — primary (person)
• Queen — primary (person)
• R. Watson — primary (person)
• Shetty — primary (person)
• Smith — primary (person)
• Solomon — primary (person)
• Stewart — primary (person)
• Terrasa — primary (person)
• Valderrama — primary (person)
• W. Fisher — primary (person)
• Wilkins — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-20 First Reading Economic Matters and Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-01-21 Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
• 2020-01-22 Hearing canceled (Judiciary)
• 2020-01-24 Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) and Hearing canceled (Judiciary)
• 2020-03-14 Favorable Report by Economic Matters committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-14 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-15 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-16 Referred Finance referral-committee
• 2020-03-16 Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2020-03-18 Favorable Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-18 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-18 Second Reading Passed
• 2020-03-18 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-18 Returned Passed
• 2020-05-08 Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 160 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/586f7535-f1f3-4e8f-b3ef-afabaf351fa9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).