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IntroducedFeb 02, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 20, 2026
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Passed SenateApr 13, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Business Regulation - Maryland Franchise Registration and Disclosure Law - Alterations (Franchise Reform Act)
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 13, 2026: Returned Passed
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 730
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 118
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Coley
- Howard
- Palakovich Carr
- Spiegel
- Acevero
- Conaway
- Hutchinson
- Patterson
- Stein
- Adams
- Crutchfield
- Ivey
- Phillips
- Stewart
- Addison
- Cullison
- Jacobs
- Pippy
- Stinnett
- Allen
- Davis
- Johnson, A.
- Pruski
- Stonko
- Alston
- Edelson
- Jones, D.
- Qi
- Taveras
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Taylor
- Anderson
- Fair
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Terrasa
- Arentz
- Feldmark
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Toles
- Arikan
- Fennell
- Korman
- Rogers
- Tomlinson
- Bagnall
- Foley
- Lehman
- Rose
- Turner
- Baker
- Forbes
- Lewis
- Rosenberg
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, J.
- Ross
- Valentine
- Bartlett
- Ghrist
- Long, R.
- Ruff
- Vogel
- Beauchamp
- Griffith
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Watson
- Behler
- Guyton
- Mangione
- Sample-Hughes
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Guzzone
- Martinez
- Schindler
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Harrison
- McCaskill
- Schmidt
- Wims
- Buckel
- Hartman
- McComas
- Shetty
- Wivell
- Cardin
- Healey
- Miller
- Simmons
- Woods
- Chang
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Simpson
- Woorman
- Charkoudian
- Hinebaugh
- Moon
- Smith
- Wu
- Ciliberti
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Solomon
- Ziegler
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Morgan, T.
NOT VOTING: 9
YES: 43
- Attar
- Folden
- Jackson
- Mautz
- Smith
- Augustine
- Gallion
- James
- McCray
- Sydnor
- Bailey
- Gile
- Jennings
- McKay
- Waldstreicher
- Beidle
- Guzzone
- Kagan
- Muse
- Washington, A.
- Benson
- Harris
- King
- Ready
- Washington, M.
- Brooks
- Hayes
- Kramer
- Rosapepe
- Watson
- Carozza
- Henson
- Lam
- Salling
- West
- Charles
- Hester
- Lewis Young
- Simonaire
- Zucker
- Corderman
- Hettleman
- Love
NO: 0
ABSENT: 2
Actions
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Returned Passed
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (43-0)
- Apr 09, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Finance
- Favorable Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Finance
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (118-8)
- Mar 19, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- Favorable with Amendments {193223/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 03, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- First Reading Economic Matters
Bill Texts
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Economic MattersPDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - FinancePDF
- Video: Economic MattersHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- ECM Testimony, INFO -- Clark, Tiffany (Office of the Attorney General)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Korman, Marc
- ECM Virtual - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Cahn, David (Maryland State Bar Association)

