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Maryland Legal Aid Bureau

Bills
56
58 for · 4 against · 0 info
Got their outcome
47%
26 of 55 decided
Lobbyists hired
0
none registered
Reported lobbying spend
$0
compensation to lobbyists, all years on file

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Testimony history

2026 Regular Session21 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 103
Consumer Protection - Consumer Contracts - Prohibited Waivers
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
HB 152
Consumer Protection - Electronic Funds Transfers - Regulations (Elder Fraud Prevention Act of 2026)
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
HB 191
Consumer Protection - Retail Transactions for Essential Consumer Goods - Cash Payments
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
HB 191
Consumer Protection - Retail Transactions for Essential Consumer Goods - Cash Payments
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
HB 402
Common Ownership Communities - Oversight, Governing Document Database, and Local Commissions
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
HB 523
Real Property - Residential Foreclosures - Commencement Restrictions
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
HB 556
Property Tax Credit - Utility Service Expenses for Dwellings (Maryland Family Utility Tax Relief Act)
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
HB 753
Tax Sales - Homeowner Protections - Revisions
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
HB 753
Tax Sales - Homeowner Protections - Revisions
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
HB 1096
Property Tax Credits - Notice Through Property Tax Bill
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
HB 1098
Courts - Exemptions From Execution on Judgments - Residential Real Property
FWAPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
HB 1148
Property Taxes - Tax Sales, Legacy Protection Program, and Tax Credits
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
HB 1198
Civil Actions - Coerced Debt - Debtor Protections
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
HB 1520
Courts - Exemption From Judgment - Alterations and Additions
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
HB 1520
Courts - Exemption From Judgment - Alterations and Additions
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
SB 347
Child Support - Suspension of Driver's Licenses
FAVPDFMoskowitz, AbbyDid not advance
SB 353
Real Property - Residential Foreclosures - Commencement Restrictions
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
SB 765
Property Taxes - Tax Sales, Legacy Protection Program, and Tax Credits
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
SB 812
Homeowners' Property Tax Credit - Eligibility and Calculation - Alterations
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
SB 919
Homeowners Associations - Reserve Funding, Meeting Notices, Voting, and Records
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
SB 939
Bankruptcy Proceedings - Exemptions From Execution - Residential Real Property
FWAPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
2025 Regular Session12 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 268
Hospitals - Financial Assistance and Collection of Debts - Policies
FAVSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
HB 332
Consumer Protection – Electronic Funds Transfers – Regulations (Elder Fraud Prevention Act of 2025)
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
HB 431
Consumer Protection - Consumer Contracts - Limitation Periods
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
HB 769
Real Property - Residential Foreclosures - Commencement Restrictions
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
HB 828
Health Care Facilities - Rights of Comprehensive and Extended Care Facility Residents - Hospice Comfort Care
UNFPDFBrown, GloriaWithdrawn
HB 1018
Financial Institutions - Conventional Home Mortgage Loans - Assumption and Required Disclosures
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
HB 1020
Consumer Protection - Credit Reporting - Medical Debt (Fair Medical Debt Reporting Act)
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
SB 413
Consumer Protection - Consumer Contracts - Limitations Periods
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
SB 614
Consumer Protection - Credit Reporting - Medical Debt (Fair Medical Debt Reporting Act)
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
SB 659
Consumer Protection - Electronic Funds Transfers - Regulations (Elder Fraud Prevention Act of 2025)
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
SB 682
Real Property - Residential Foreclosures - Materially Delinquent Mortgages
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
SB 689
Financial Institutions - Conventional Home Mortgage Loans - Assumption and Required Disclosures
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
2024 Regular Session17 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 54
Property Tax - Transfer to Heir or Legatee - Payment Plans
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
HB 243
Property Tax - Tax Sales - Revisions
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamPassed both chambers
HB 243
Property Tax - Tax Sales - Revisions
UNFPDFSteinwedel, WilliamPassed both chambers
HB 266
Residential Owners in Common Ownership Communities - Bill of Rights
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
HB 286
Task Force on Common Ownership Communities
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
HB 385
Wage Payment and Collection - Pay Stubs and Pay Statements - Required Information
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
HB 622
Consumer Reporting Agencies - Records of Criminal Proceedings - Prohibition
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
HB 832
General Provisions - Damages or Losses - Definition
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
HB 1251
Property Tax - Credit for Longtime Residents to Offset Property Tax Rate Increase
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
HB 1434
Department of Human Services - Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards - Restoration of Benefits
UNFPDFBrown, GloriaDid not advance
HB 1434
Department of Human Services - Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards - Restoration of Benefits
UNFPDFBrown, GloriaDid not advance
SB 283
Homeowners' Property Tax Credit - Application - Attestation of Gross Income
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
SB 342
Property Tax - Renters' Property Tax Relief Program - Assets Calculation
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
SB 343
Renters’ Property Tax Relief and Homeowners’ Property Tax Credit Programs – Gross Income and Assessed Value Limitations – Alterations
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
SB 423
Real Property - Recordation - Procedures
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
SB 671
Foreclosure Proceedings - Residential Mortgagors and Grantors - Access to Counsel
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
SB 839
General Provisions - Damages or Losses - Definition
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
2023 Regular Session9 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 538
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Water Affordability Assistance
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
HB 544
Department of Planning - Collateral Consequences for Individuals With Criminal Records - Study
FAVPDFMoskowitz, AbbyDid not advance
HB 665
Comptroller and State Department of Assessments and Taxation - Enhancing Access to Property Tax Benefits - Report
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
HB 1073
Homeowner Assistance Fund – Victims of Domestic Violence – Eligibility
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
HB 1191
Task Force on Preventing and Countering Elder Abuse
FAVSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
HB 1223
Foreclosure Actions - Responsibility of Secured Parties and Stay for Determination of Financial Assistance
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
SB 106
Courts - Judgments - Exemptions From Execution
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
SB 106
Courts - Judgments - Exemptions From Execution
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamEnacted
SB 380
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Water Affordability Assistance
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
2022 Regular Session2 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 803
Residential Property Foreclosure - Filing and Adjudication of Counterclaims
FAVPDFSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance
SB 28
Home- and Community-Based Services Waiver - Participation and Applications
FAVAquino, MaryEnacted
2021 Regular Session1 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
SB 724
Mortgage Servicers - Requirements and Prohibitions During and After a State of Emergency and Catastrophic Health Emergency (Foreclosure Relief Act of 2021)
FAVSteinwedel, WilliamDid not advance