Commercial Law – Retail Transactions – Cash Payments (Cash Transactions Preservation Act)
What this bill does
Prohibiting a merchant, in certain transactions, from prohibiting a person from making a cash payment to purchase goods and services, requiring a person to purchase goods or services by using a credit or debit card, or charging or collecting from a person a fee for making a cash payment for the purchase of goods or services; providing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act and subject to certain enforcement and penalty provisions; etc.
Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.
Testimony (10)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Moore, Tonaeyalobbyist | CASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND | Oral |
| FAV | Wright, Crystal | Cardtronics | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Sakamoto-Wengel, Steven M. | Consumer Protection Division | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Chertoff, Meryl | Georgetown Project in State and Local Government Policy and Law | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Peña-Melnyk, Joseline | MGA Delegate Pena-Melnyk | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Schumitz, Kalilobbyist | Maryland Center on Economic Policy | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | locklair, caileylobbyist | Maryland Retailers Association | Oral |
| FAV | Delegate Pena-Melnyk, Delegate Pena-Melnyklegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | White, Marcelinelobbyist | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Plaut, Arilobbyist | Law Offices of Boston Plaut | Oral |