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House special-orders consumer-protection bill requiring retailers to reimburse shipping when wrong items are shipped
Summary
Delegates advanced House Bill 194 as a special order after questions about how the measure would interact with proposed state shipping/collection fees in the governor’s budget.
Maryland’s House on Feb. 10 special-ordered House Bill 194, a consumer-protection measure that would require retailers to reimburse consumers’ shipping costs when a merchant ships the wrong item.
Floor discussion centered on how the bill would operate if a separate, proposed delivery fee (referenced as a 75¢ proposal in the governor’s budget) becomes law. One delegate asked whether taxes or fees included in the original sale would also be refunded; the floor leader said that if taxes were included they would be refunded, and that how to handle other proposed fees would need to be determined by the controller once law changed.
Because the potential 75¢ collection mechanism is only a budget proposal and not law, the floor leader said the bill’s interaction with that proposal was not yet settled. A member requested a special order so they could “do a little bit of homework” on the bill; the House granted the special order by voice vote and set the bill to return for further consideration the following day.
The bill will return for amendment and further floor debate.
