---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property and Casualty Insurance – Pet Insurance – Regulation"
description: "Property and Casualty Insurance – Pet Insurance – Regulation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 647"
citation: "Maryland HB 647 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guyton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c26471c-2de6-4e3f-a0d4-2488b3d590b2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0647?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "95f54af46223594d7b2dea1882c1354fcf6e3988005238ea6dcdd16929159ce1"
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 647 (2024) — Property and Casualty Insurance – Pet Insurance – Regulation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Property and Casualty Insurance – Pet Insurance – Regulation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_740_hb0647t.pdf)
2. **First - Property and Casualty Insurance – Pet Insurance – Regulation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0647f.pdf)
3. **Third - Property and Casualty Insurance – Pet Insurance – Regulation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0647t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Guyton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** First Reading Economic Matters and Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 740 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c26471c-2de6-4e3f-a0d4-2488b3d590b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).