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Business Regulation - Home Improvement Guaranty Fund - Alterations

Sponsor: Clarence K. Lam (District 12)Committee: FinanceSubject: Business RegulationStatus: Hearing 3/19 at 2:15 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing the Maryland Home Improvement Commission to award a claimant for attorney's fees from the Home Improvement Guaranty Fund; prohibiting the Commission from awarding an amount for attorney's fees greater than the amount awarded for the actual loss from the acts of the contractor, provided that the total amount awarded to a claimant does not exceed $30,000; altering the content in a final court judgment or final award in arbitration that a claimant must provide to the Commission to claim payment from the Fund; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 6FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVSwickard, SabinN/AOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSwickard, SabinN/AOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBurton, MeighanPascale Stevens, LLCOral
FAVLam, ClarenceIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSenator Lam, Senator LamlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Lam, Senator LamlegislatorIndividualOral
UNFGraf, LorilobbyistMaryland Building Industry AssociationWritten (PDF)
FWALam, ClarenceIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association