---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Functions and Outreach"
description: "Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Functions and Outreach"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1421"
citation: "Maryland HB 1421 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance - Health", "Consumer Protection", "Education", "Health Benefit Exchange", "Health", "Department of", "Literacy", "Medical Assistance", "Minorities", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-04"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20d1986a-d0bc-474c-8cbd-fd2f4695857d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1421&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "134f9feabb1458cb12df8b54e134e6820c14621ab32cb224ad4e10fa4d81b354"
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 1421 (2019) — Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Functions and Outreach

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb1421f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-04** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2019-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-28** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-01** Third Reading Passed (132-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-02** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Rereferred to Finance
- **2019-04-04** Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 391 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20d1986a-d0bc-474c-8cbd-fd2f4695857d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).