---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Qualified Health Plans - Dental Coverage"
description: "Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Qualified Health Plans - Dental Coverage"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 228"
citation: "Maryland SB 228 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-15"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1edb06d9-4fc2-4ac3-a502-78b2b35b348c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0228?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4852411b35ed2f1cd4bb4ef1061951b7fc895e440d1f9cd8627198eef1a293f9"
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 228 (2024) — Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Qualified Health Plans - Dental Coverage

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Qualified Health Plans - Dental Coverage** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_116_sb0228t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Qualified Health Plans - Dental Coverage** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0228f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Qualified Health Plans - Dental Coverage** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0228t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **36–10** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Finance Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Hearing 1/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-01-29** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-30** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-02-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-07** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-16** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-25** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 116 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1edb06d9-4fc2-4ac3-a502-78b2b35b348c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).