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HB 1223

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Foreclosure Actions - Responsibility of Secured Parties and Stay for Determination of Financial Assistance

Sponsor: Elizabeth Embry (District 43A)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Real PropertyStatus: Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting, with certain exceptions, a secured party from initiating or proceeding with a foreclosure for a certain period if the secured party receives a certain notice; requiring a secured party to make a certain affidavit to the circuit court responsible for the foreclosure action when the secured party makes certain filings; requiring the circuit court to award a stay in a foreclosure action if a certain amount of time has not passed after a certain notice is made; etc.

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Testimony (12)

MGA witness list
FAV 5FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 6Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVSteinwedel, WilliamMaryland Legal Aid BureauOral + Written (PDF)
FAVEllis, DanNeighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore, Inc.Written (PDF)
FAVHarris, AllisonPro Bono Resource Center of MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Embry, Delegate EmbrylegislatorIndividualOral
FAVWilson Randall, ClaudiaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFJabin, DrewMaryland Bankers AssociationWritten (PDF)
UNFEnten, RobertMd Bankers AssocOral
UNFCastelli, WilliamlobbyistRifkin, Weiner, Livingston LLCOral + Written (PDF)
UNFMurray, RorylobbyistIndividualOral
UNFNadel, JeffreyIndividualOral
UNFNadel, ScottIndividualOral
FWAQuincosa, JessicaCommunity Legal Services of Prince George's County, Inc.Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFCastelli, WilliamRifkin, Weiner, Livingston LLCRegistered for: ASC Engineered Solutions; Berkshire Hathaway Energy GT&S, LLC; Board of County Commissioners of Allegany County, MD; Brown Advisory; Cable Telecommunications Association of Maryland, Delaware and D.C., Inc.; Colonial Pipeline Company
UNFMurray, 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