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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Insurance - Third Party Administrators - Enforcement"
+description: "Insurance - Third Party Administrators - Enforcement"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 139"
+citation: "Maryland SB 139 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-09-25"
+last_action: "2026-04-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8d396ea-17a7-4c3e-abf4-77891afbcdfd"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0139?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "6e4debf6b13a412b5087530a9ec1bd1fb7aeeaef77bf50441a3844c4e7158d61"
+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 139 (2026) — Insurance - Third Party Administrators - Enforcement
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Insurance - Third Party Administrators - Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_142_sb0139t.pdf)
+2. **First - Insurance - Third Party Administrators - Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0139f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Insurance - Third Party Administrators - Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0139t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chair, Finance Committee — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-09-25** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-19** Hearing 1/28 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-09** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-10** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-02-13** Referred Health `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-17** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-25** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/26 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-01** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-03** Returned Passed
+- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 142 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8d396ea-17a7-4c3e-abf4-77891afbcdfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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