---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance - Commercial Lines - Exemptions From Filings"
description: "Insurance - Commercial Lines - Exemptions From Filings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 876"
citation: "Maryland SB 876 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance - Other than Health", "Exemptions", "Insurance Administration", "Insurance", "Prices"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Middleton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e4e1987-4aa9-4bb3-beb7-84b9ef49c880"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB876&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "b6f8939a1ad30abba36032bcff7eaf58761162b1f5bde2f3f700b073e38ddb0b"
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 876 (2018) — Insurance - Commercial Lines - Exemptions From Filings

## 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/sb0876f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Middleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** Favorable with Amendments {317071/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-06** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-07** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 194 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e4e1987-4aa9-4bb3-beb7-84b9ef49c880`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).