---
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: "SB 729"
citation: "Maryland SB 729 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dff2dc4a-0045-4348-8b3e-2e18f5cc9ef6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0729?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "10ed5eae5fad77cf5e8ea911f1f8c2118580498bfb83f2f1f123ac18e7e58f47"
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 729 (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_778_sb0729t.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/sb/sb0729f.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/sb/sb0729t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **97–36** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Feldman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 778 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dff2dc4a-0045-4348-8b3e-2e18f5cc9ef6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).