---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance - Third Party Administrators - Enforcement"
description: "Insurance - Third Party Administrators - Enforcement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 139"
citation: "Maryland SB 139 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-25"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8d396ea-17a7-4c3e-abf4-77891afbcdfd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0139?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "6e4debf6b13a412b5087530a9ec1bd1fb7aeeaef77bf50441a3844c4e7158d61"
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 139 (2026) — Insurance - Third Party Administrators - Enforcement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Insurance - Third Party Administrators - Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_142_sb0139t.pdf)
2. **First - Insurance - Third Party Administrators - Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0139f.pdf)
3. **Third - Insurance - Third Party Administrators - Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0139t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Finance Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-25** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Hearing 1/28 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-09** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-13** Referred Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-25** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/26 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 142 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8d396ea-17a7-4c3e-abf4-77891afbcdfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).