---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' Compensation - Tiered Rating Plans and Merit Rating Plans"
description: "Workers' Compensation - Tiered Rating Plans and Merit Rating Plans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "Maryland SB 72 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' Compensation", "Commerce and Business", "Discrimination", "Insurance", "Workers' Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-10-27"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dee6393-02d6-47d5-8bf1-7065513e6588"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB72&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "b084c8ff7f70e262c5b8fc60eed3903e11327e34adef3223b15768a2e7db85e8"
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 72 (2017) — Workers' Compensation - Tiered Rating Plans and Merit Rating Plans

## 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/sb/sb0072f.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-10-27** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-03** Hearing canceled
- **2017-02-03** Hearing 2/21 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2017-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** Favorable with Amendments {667176/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-07** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-07** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-28** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 263 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dee6393-02d6-47d5-8bf1-7065513e6588`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).