---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance – Certificates of Guarantee for County Bond Requirements – All Counties"
description: "Insurance – Certificates of Guarantee for County Bond Requirements – All Counties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1216"
citation: "Maryland HB 1216 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phillips"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e939722-1324-4791-983f-0ee5b76f7768"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1216?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "bfe7c7a74f51761c9026428271b08aedebd48b21735cf3e36d50c5b8700818df"
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 1216 (2026) — Insurance – Certificates of Guarantee for County Bond Requirements – All Counties

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Insurance – Certificates of Guarantee for County Bond Requirements – All Counties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_749_hb1216t.pdf)
2. **First - Insurance – Certificates of Guarantee for County Bond Requirements – All Counties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1216f.pdf)
3. **Third - Insurance – Certificates of Guarantee for County Bond Requirements – All Counties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1216t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **33–8** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **94–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Phillips — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator West) Adopted
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 749 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e939722-1324-4791-983f-0ee5b76f7768`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).