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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Maryland Insurance Administration - Enforcement Authority - Payment of Claims"
+description: "Maryland Insurance Administration - Enforcement Authority - Payment of Claims"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 167"
+citation: "Maryland SB 167 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-10-04"
+last_action: "2022-04-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1fa9939-b729-4a54-ade3-597cfbf21c66"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0167?ys=2022RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "634fc19a7978b9e72522d3b982c65b0fb90cc6c82fc73853faff704c4fefd565"
+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 SB 167 (2022) — Maryland Insurance Administration - Enforcement Authority - Payment of Claims
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Maryland Insurance Administration - Enforcement Authority - Payment of Claims** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_120_sb0167t.pdf)
+2. **First - Maryland Insurance Administration - Enforcement Authority - Payment of Claims** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0167f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Maryland Insurance Administration - Enforcement Authority - Payment of Claims** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0167t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chair, Finance Committee — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-10-04** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2022-01-12** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-08** Hearing 1/19 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-02-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-03-01** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-16** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-04-06** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-07** Returned Passed
+- **2022-04-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 120 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1fa9939-b729-4a54-ade3-597cfbf21c66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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