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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Establishment of a Reinsurance Program"
+description: "Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Establishment of a Reinsurance Program"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 1795"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1795 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Insurance - Health", "Emergency Bills", "Federal Government", "Health Benefit Exchange", "Health Insurance", "Insurance Administration", "Medical Assistance", "Prices", "Revenue and Taxes", "Rules and Regulations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Pena-Melnyk"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-03-02"
+last_action: "2018-04-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e2ec80f-d809-4a4e-b252-fff156057d6a"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1795&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "f0ddd71ad3c182f2cd71ec189452f586379c1b99da0e1f0e7ed1ba9b3f4a4405"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 1795 (2018) — Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Establishment of a Reinsurance Program
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1795f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **43–4** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
+- Angel — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
+- Barron — cosponsor (person)
+- Bromwell — cosponsor (person)
+- Busch — cosponsor (person)
+- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
+- Frush — cosponsor (person)
+- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
+- Kipke — cosponsor (person)
+- Krebs — cosponsor (person)
+- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
+- Miele — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales — cosponsor (person)
+- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
+- Pendergrass — cosponsor (person)
+- Platt — cosponsor (person)
+- Reznik — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Saab — cosponsor (person)
+- Sample-Hughes — cosponsor (person)
+- Szeliga — cosponsor (person)
+- Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-03-02** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-05** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
+- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {906685/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-13** Floor Amendment {583825/1 (Delegate Pena-Melnyk) Adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
+- **2018-03-16** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-22** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-22** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-22** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-03-23** Third Reading Passed (43-4) `passage`
+- **2018-03-26** Returned Passed
+- **2018-04-05** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 6 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e2ec80f-d809-4a4e-b252-fff156057d6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+