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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial Law - Consumer Protection - Telephone Solicitation (Stop the Spam Calls Act of 2023)"
description: "Commercial Law - Consumer Protection - Telephone Solicitation (Stop the Spam Calls Act of 2023)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 37"
citation: "Maryland HB 37 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-11-04"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6103b4a5-dc94-497d-91e0-051fb75dde40"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0037?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "81e8d7e80c568f88f27e6883162ebd3c3095901cb1a27ec99d813e305db2e8d2"
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 37 (2023) — Commercial Law - Consumer Protection - Telephone Solicitation (Stop the Spam Calls Act of 2023)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Commercial Law - Consumer Protection - Telephone Solicitation (Stop the Spam Calls Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_414_hb0037t.pdf)
2. **First - Commercial Law - Consumer Protection - Telephone Solicitation (Stop the Spam Calls Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0037f.pdf)
3. **Third - Commercial Law - Consumer Protection - Telephone Solicitation (Stop the Spam Calls Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0037t.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Stewart — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-11-04** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-10** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2023-04-10** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-10** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2023-04-10** Motion Reconsider Third Reading (Senator Griffith) Adopted
- **2023-04-10** Motion Reconsider Favorable Report as Amended (Senator Griffith) Adopted
- **2023-04-10** Motion Reconsider Committee Amendments (Senator Griffith) Adopted
- **2023-04-10** Motion to Withdraw Committee Amendments (Senator Griffith) Adopted
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Senate Recede
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 414 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6103b4a5-dc94-497d-91e0-051fb75dde40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).