---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Insurance - Consumer Protections"
description: "Health Insurance - Consumer Protections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 872"
citation: "Maryland SB 872 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Benson", "Carter", "Elfreth", "Feldman", "Guzzone", "Hayes", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Kagan", "Kelley", "Klausmeier", "Lam", "Lee", "Rosapepe", "Smith", "Washington", "West", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f2fffa4-6f82-4ae9-8f98-16b662700686"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0872?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0cda8307cffda0aa4d29ce410f802d6e695008105cef096bae4d97498f6fb8dc"
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 872 (2020) — Health Insurance - Consumer Protections

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Insurance - Consumer Protections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_621_sb0872t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Insurance - Consumer Protections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0872f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Insurance - Consumer Protections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0872t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **36–9** (pass) · upper
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Emerg) — **106–25** (pass) · lower
- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **128–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Committee Amendment Adopted
- **2020-03-12** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator West) Adopted
- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2020-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-15** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Cullison) Adopted
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 621 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f2fffa4-6f82-4ae9-8f98-16b662700686`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).