---
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: "SB 572"
citation: "Maryland SB 572 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44823e44-df77-4a32-9ffe-e5b01b11ddef"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0572?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a9a3844ff46ec74b85ee77643490f700d57cd6ac34efa22014438e9e583e5993"
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 572 (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_724_sb0572t.pdf)
2. **First - Insurance - Surplus Lines Brokers - Policy Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0572f.pdf)
3. **Third - Insurance - Surplus Lines Brokers - Policy Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0572t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **100–36** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Klausmeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 724 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44823e44-df77-4a32-9ffe-e5b01b11ddef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).