---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance - Short-Term Medical Insurance - Study"
description: "Insurance - Short-Term Medical Insurance - Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 774"
citation: "Maryland HB 774 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance - Health", "Agents and Brokers", "Assessments", "Committees and Commissions", "Consumer Protection", "Contracts", "Disclosure", "Health Insurance", "Insurance Administration", "Insurance", "Procurement", "Reports", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kipke and Bromwell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8601d7fd-cbf6-4b53-b55d-69530f67e6b3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB774&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "7d1ac6b951366d6d11e30e0a5ded34a44e8a751b77337bd6ea61f7b1972944d2"
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 774 (2017) — Insurance - Short-Term Medical Insurance - Study

## 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/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0774f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kipke and Bromwell — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Favorable with Amendments {856486/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-18** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable with Amendments {757272/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-31** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-06** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-06** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 223 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8601d7fd-cbf6-4b53-b55d-69530f67e6b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).