---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance - Certificates of Qualification for Surplus Lines Brokers - Suspensions and Revocations"
description: "Insurance - Certificates of Qualification for Surplus Lines Brokers - Suspensions and Revocations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 71"
citation: "Maryland SB 71 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance - Other than Health", "Agents and Brokers", "Committees and Commissions", "Corrective Legislation", "Insurance", "Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-09-20"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/605879bb-f654-4a92-a997-e1f94a75af9d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB71&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "55c8d2a654b989a63bb9e6453c3fe1e303f354491a30bd3c0f20941070d0c9ac"
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 71 (2018) — Insurance - Certificates of Qualification for Surplus Lines Brokers - Suspensions and Revocations

## 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/sb0071f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (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.

- **2017-09-20** 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 Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-23** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-26** Third Reading Passed (134-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 43 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/605879bb-f654-4a92-a997-e1f94a75af9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).