SB 754 Maryland Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Commercial Financing - Small Business Truth in Lending Act

This bill establishes new rules for commercial loans to small businesses in Maryland. It requires lenders to clearly disclose key terms like annual interest rates, fees, and repayment structures before a business accepts financing. The law applies to most business loans where funds aren't used for personal/family purposes (excluding banks, credit unions, and loans over $2.5 million). Small businesses receiving these loans will get standardized, transparent information about costs upfront.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 31, 2025 Last action Mar 7, 2025
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First - Commercial Financing - Small Business Truth in Lending Act Third - Commercial Financing - Small Business Truth in Lending Act · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill update adds procedural status information showing the bill was favorably reported by committee and adopted by the Senate on February 16, 2025. The substantive definitions of commercial financing terms remain unchanged from the previous version, with only minor formatting and line reorganization.
TIMELINE

Added committee report status showing favorable recommendation and Senate adoption date of February 16, 2025

TECHNICAL

Reorganized line numbers and formatting of existing definitions without changing their substantive meaning

Added explanatory notes about underlining and strike-through conventions for amendments

Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2025

How they voted

430
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 46
Feb 18, 2025
D Democratic33
31 Yea 2
93% Yea
R Republican13
12 Yea 1
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
8
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Mar 7, 2025
Committee
Referred Economic Matters
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Third Reading Passed
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable Adopted
upper
Mar 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable Report by Finance
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (43-0-3)
senate
Jan 31, 2025
Committee
First Reading Finance
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Ben Kramer
Ben Kramer
DDemocratic
MD
19