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HB 1562·MD·house

Consumer Protection - Telecommunications Service Outage - Automatic Credit (Automatic Telecommunications Service Outage Credit Act)

In CommitteeFiled Feb 13, 2026
Sponsor: Wu
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In the House - Hearing 3/13 at 1:30 p.m.

Mar 13, 2026

Summary

The bill forces commercial telecom providers in Maryland to automatically place a credit on the bills of customers who experience a material service outage. The credit must be at least the equivalent of one day’s worth of the customer’s regular monthly charge and is applied without any action required by the customer. Providers also must notify affected customers about the outage, its expected length, and the credit.

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