---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care Provider Malpractice Insurance - Authorization to Settle - Clarification"
description: "Health Care Provider Malpractice Insurance - Authorization to Settle - Clarification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 45"
citation: "Maryland SB 45 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance - Other than Health", "Health", "Health Insurance", "Liability", "Medical Malpractice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-10-15"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c27e15f-514b-4eea-9e8b-2660c5d16ae0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB45&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "53dfae2224c5fcdc82cd6579dd8f72f4b3ff18265a21c86a77b261402dee49c9"
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 45 (2019) — Health Care Provider Malpractice Insurance - Authorization to Settle - Clarification

## 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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0045f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (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.

- **2018-10-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Hearing 1/23 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2019-01-25** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-28** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-01-31** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-02-01** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-26** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-27** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 106 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c27e15f-514b-4eea-9e8b-2660c5d16ae0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).