---
type: "Bill"
title: "Climate Change, Homeowner's Insurance, and Emergency Management - Study"
description: "Climate Change, Homeowner's Insurance, and Emergency Management - Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1219"
citation: "Maryland HB 1219 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Behler", "Boyce", "Foley", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Holmes", "Lewis", "Stein", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21bdf1a2-aee7-43eb-ac59-dcdd81c5ecfa"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1219?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "1f934472372a75876748bad734fec8d37413b5afaf3187494000b28539852158"
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 1219 (2026) — Climate Change, Homeowner's Insurance, and Emergency Management - Study

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Climate Change, Homeowner's Insurance, and Emergency Management - Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_697_hb1219e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Climate Change, Homeowner's Insurance, and Emergency Management - Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1219e.pdf)
3. **First - Climate Change, Homeowner's Insurance, and Emergency Management - Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1219f.pdf)
4. **Third - Climate Change, Homeowner's Insurance, and Emergency Management - Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1219t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **28–13** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **100–34** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **97–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Behler — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** First Reading Environment and Transportation and Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 697 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21bdf1a2-aee7-43eb-ac59-dcdd81c5ecfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).