---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance - Surplus Lines Brokers - Policy Fees"
description: "Insurance - Surplus Lines Brokers - Policy Fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 563"
citation: "Maryland HB 563 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e411444-b04f-44dc-bdbc-59fa4ec04e0a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0563?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e5f06c7076a9228c82a637c9af48fb9b43904e2bbeea5b8d0a7969e193d0490a"
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 563 (2022) — Insurance - Surplus Lines Brokers - Policy Fees

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Insurance - Surplus Lines Brokers - Policy Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_723_hb0563t.pdf)
2. **First - Insurance - Surplus Lines Brokers - Policy Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0563f.pdf)
3. **Third - Insurance - Surplus Lines Brokers - Policy Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0563t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **128–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 723 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e411444-b04f-44dc-bdbc-59fa4ec04e0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).