---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Insurance - Technical Correction and Required Conformity With Federal Law"
description: "Health Insurance - Technical Correction and Required Conformity With Federal Law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 98"
citation: "Maryland SB 98 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-09-09"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87af064e-742f-4644-9eb2-89f4da328429"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0098?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e268d7ff2420ab3ea511eaafd803acbc9f0e11628ade3856af5d8019bd761321"
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 98 (2020) — Health Insurance - Technical Correction and Required Conformity With Federal Law

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Insurance - Technical Correction and Required Conformity With Federal Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_524_sb0098t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Insurance - Technical Correction and Required Conformity With Federal Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0098f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Insurance - Technical Correction and Required Conformity With Federal Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0098t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–1** (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.

- **2019-09-09** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-12-19** Hearing 1/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-02** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-15** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-15** Hearing 3/16 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 524 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87af064e-742f-4644-9eb2-89f4da328429`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).