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SB 217

Passed both chambers
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Commissioner of Financial Regulation - Consumer Loans - Payments and Fees

Sponsor: Chair, Finance CommitteeCommittee: FinanceSubject: Financial InstitutionsStatus: House Refuses to Recede (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting a person from requiring a borrower to pay a fee for a payment made by or on behalf of the borrow in a certain form including an electronic funds transfer through an Automated Clearing House; and authorizing a person to require a borrower to pay a fee for the transaction of a payment made by or on behalf of the borrower in cases of certain loans made to consumer borrowers if the amount of the fee is disclosed at the time of the payment transaction, the borrower agrees to pay the fee, and the fee does not exceed a certain amount.

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Testimony (13)

MGA witness list
FAV 4FavorableFWA 6Favorable with amendmentsUNF 3Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVFulginiti, AndrewMaryland Department of LaborWritten (PDF)
FAVSalazar, AntonioOffice of the Commissioner of Financial RegulationOral
FAVChair, Finance Committee, Chair, Finance CommitteeIndividualOral
FAVChair, Finance Committee, Chair, Finance CommitteeIndividualOral
UNFRobinson, PhillipConsumer Law Center LLCOral + Written (PDF)
UNFKauffman, JamesIndividualOral
UNFSakamoto-Wengel, StevenIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWADiPietro, ChrisCDi Consulting Services, L.L.C.Oral
FWAFulginiti, AndrewMaryland Department of LaborWritten (PDF)
FWAWeintraub, JasonlobbyistMaryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (MTHA)Oral
FWAEnten, RobertMd Thoroughbred Horsemen’s AssocOral
FWASalazar, AntonioOffice of the Commissioner of Financial RegulationOral
FWAMurray, RorylobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FWAWeintraub, JasonMaryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (MTHA)Registered for: AFSCME Council 3; Albertsons Companies, Inc.; American Property Casualty Insurance Association; COPT Defense Properties; CVS Health; CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
FWAMurray, RoryRegistered for: Alliance to Prevent Legionnaire's Disease; American Council of Engineering Companies/MD; Association of Independent Maryland and D.C. Schools; Chesapeake Watershed Restoration Professionals; Kaiser Permanente; Lightstar Renewables