---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance - Medicare Supplement Policy Plans - Conformity to Federal Law"
description: "Insurance - Medicare Supplement Policy Plans - Conformity to Federal Law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 52"
citation: "Maryland SB 52 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance - Health", "Disabilities", "Elderly Persons", "Federal Government", "Health Insurance", "Hospitals", "Insurance", "Medical Assistance", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-09-19"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a943e4b-76d4-410c-a82e-580382396f8c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB52&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "fd948c9de10be918afbc42a8fd1a18fd65c4cfe246f7ae93862d3545bcfd36c8"
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 52 (2018) — Insurance - Medicare Supplement Policy Plans - Conformity to Federal Law

## 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/sb/sb0052f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Maryland Insurance Administration) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-09-19** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Hearing 1/16 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2018-01-18** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-19** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-19** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-01-23** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-01-24** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-05** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 664 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a943e4b-76d4-410c-a82e-580382396f8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).