---
type: "Bill"
title: "Condominiums - Mandatory Insurance Coverage - Alterations"
description: "Condominiums - Mandatory Insurance Coverage - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 98"
citation: "Maryland HB 98 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arentz"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-10-19"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77dd0960-a431-44e4-863f-29bc5a733088"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0098?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d0a20d8120cd2259aff331b5eb0941731f70929cc1ece737cd2754c94dc1f49f"
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 98 (2023) — Condominiums - Mandatory Insurance Coverage - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Condominiums - Mandatory Insurance Coverage - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_186_hb0098e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Condominiums - Mandatory Insurance Coverage - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0098e.pdf)
3. **First - Condominiums - Declarations and Mandatory Insurance Coverage - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0098f.pdf)
4. **Third - Condominiums - Mandatory Insurance Coverage - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0098t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Arentz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-10-19** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-01-17** Hearing canceled
- **2023-01-17** Hearing 1/26 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-31** Motion Special Order until 4/3 (Senator West) Adopted
- **2023-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-05** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2023-04-05** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Holmes, Lehman and Baker)
- **2023-04-07** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-07** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2023-04-07** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Holmes, Lehman and Baker)
- **2023-04-07** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2023-04-07** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators West, James and Kelly)
- **2023-04-07** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2023-04-07** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators West, James and Kelly)
- **2023-04-10** Conference Committee Report {
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Conference Committee Report {
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 186 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77dd0960-a431-44e4-863f-29bc5a733088`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).