---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Health Benefit Exchange – State–Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program"
description: "Maryland Health Benefit Exchange – State–Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 780"
citation: "Maryland HB 780 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kerr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/591327c2-30b3-4579-871d-b88a3fe838d0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0780?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1c23b4ea1aee6501eb47a86ac5e4a89a334fc44aa23f54086cb19b70f6c436b0"
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 HB 780 (2021) — Maryland Health Benefit Exchange – State–Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Health Benefit Exchange – State–Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_777_hb0780t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Health Benefit Exchange – State–Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0780f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Health Benefit Exchange – State–Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0780t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **93–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kerr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Ghrist) Adopted
- **2021-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 777 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/591327c2-30b3-4579-871d-b88a3fe838d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).