---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Insurance Commissioner - Authority - Federal Health Emergency"
description: "Maryland Insurance Commissioner - Authority - Federal Health Emergency"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 536"
citation: "Maryland HB 536 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pendergrass"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7f4b6de-97a0-446f-8e5e-dc420bacdbff"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0536?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c9f9d4fc41d6e14e3dd427a40fddd8c8277a93b6942c636b262964dfe88dadb0"
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 536 (2022) — Maryland Insurance Commissioner - Authority - Federal Health Emergency

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Insurance Commissioner - Authority - Federal Health Emergency** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_495_hb0536t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Insurance Commissioner - Authority - Federal Health Emergency** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0536f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Insurance Commissioner - Authority - Federal Health Emergency** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0536t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **119–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pendergrass — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Hearing 2/10 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-02-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Motion Special Order until 3/2 (Delegate Mautz) Adopted
- **2022-03-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-04** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** 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/d7f4b6de-97a0-446f-8e5e-dc420bacdbff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).