---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential Condominium Unit Insurance - Lapses in Coverage - Prohibition on Denial"
description: "Residential Condominium Unit Insurance - Lapses in Coverage - Prohibition on Denial"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1148"
citation: "Maryland HB 1148 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker", "Hinebaugh", "Valentine", "Wivell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/632dfc95-58ba-49d3-b3b4-5cfa81f488a0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1148?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "eb96893c958ff604f0adb2fac35d5e6006be00a4863d2b09b69fa26ec00b9d1f"
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 1148 (2025) — Residential Condominium Unit Insurance - Lapses in Coverage - Prohibition on Denial

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Residential Condominium Unit Insurance - Lapses in Coverage - Prohibition on Denial** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_381_hb1148e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Residential Condominium Unit Insurance - Lapses in Coverage - Prohibition on Denial** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1148e.pdf)
3. **First - Property and Casualty Insurance - Lapses in Coverage - Prohibition on Denial** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1148f.pdf)
4. **Third - Homeowner's and Renter's Insurance - Lapses in Coverage - Prohibition on Denial** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1148t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- Hinebaugh — primary (person)
- Valentine — primary (person)
- Wivell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-05** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2025-04-05** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Wivell, Qi and Amprey)
- **2025-04-07** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-07** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2025-04-07** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Wivell, Qi and Amprey)
- **2025-04-07** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2025-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 381 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/632dfc95-58ba-49d3-b3b4-5cfa81f488a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).