---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund - Affordability Program and Industry Automobile Insurance Association Assessments"
description: "Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund - Affordability Program and Industry Automobile Insurance Association Assessments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 816"
citation: "Maryland HB 816 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Amprey", "Boafo", "Conaway", "Fennell", "Harrison", "Lewis", "Moreno", "Phillips", "Ruff", "Simmons", "Smith", "Stinnett", "Taylor", "Toles", "Turner", "Wims", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e110f26-0739-4072-86e9-45845b9c78b3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0816?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "cbd1aa0b806bf16f02a7801213a6570722d1c7a33ded8e0be8896f8c34947cb3"
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 816 (2026) — Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund - Affordability Program and Industry Automobile Insurance Association Assessments

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund - Affordability Program and Industry Automobile Insurance Association Assessments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_741_hb0816t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund - Affordability - Purpose of Fund and Authorized Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0816f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund - Affordability Program and Industry Automobile Insurance Association Assessments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0816t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **98–38** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Addison — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Moreno — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Stinnett — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Wims — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Reassigned to Judiciary
- **2026-02-16** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Motion Reconsider Second Reading (Delegate Taylor) Adopted
- **2026-03-23** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 741 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e110f26-0739-4072-86e9-45845b9c78b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).