---
type: "Bill"
title: "Subsequent Injury Fund and Uninsured Employers’ Fund – Assessment on Awards and Settlements – Amount"
description: "Subsequent Injury Fund and Uninsured Employers’ Fund – Assessment on Awards and Settlements – Amount"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 8"
citation: "Maryland SB 8 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-09-16"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/861e902f-6b06-4a3e-a606-15f3c68c3aa9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0008?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "786ce47bee898b862b30faf7b454c3a75b8ef9e5d5c77c2db33d7a9f7ec32fba"
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 8 (2020) — Subsequent Injury Fund and Uninsured Employers’ Fund – Assessment on Awards and Settlements – Amount

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Subsequent Injury Fund and Uninsured Employers’ Fund – Assessment on Awards and Settlements – Amount** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_495_sb0008t.pdf)
2. **First - Uninsured Employers' Fund - Additional Assessment on Awards and Settlements - Amount** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0008f.pdf)
3. **Third - Subsequent Injury Fund and Uninsured Employers’ Fund – Assessment on Awards and Settlements – Amount** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0008t.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Finance Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-09-16** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-12-20** Hearing 1/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-01-20** Hearing canceled
- **2020-01-22** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-13** Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-15** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate D.E. Davis) Adopted
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 495 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/861e902f-6b06-4a3e-a606-15f3c68c3aa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).