---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mutual Insurance Holding Companies - Conversion to Mutual Insurers"
description: "Mutual Insurance Holding Companies - Conversion to Mutual Insurers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1616"
citation: "Maryland HB 1616 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rogers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-19"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26e9cb54-5a00-4989-bf5a-1242c81c5ce4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1616?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "89a6ac1cf611ef7cdd95431f1618b50d51981fd14de00d6442ec36a615569507"
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 1616 (2026) — Mutual Insurance Holding Companies - Conversion to Mutual Insurers

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Mutual Insurance Holding Companies - Conversion to Mutual Insurers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_688_hb1616t.pdf)
2. **First - Mutual Insurance Holding Companies - Conversion to Mutual Insurers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1616f.pdf)
3. **Third - Mutual Insurance Holding Companies - Conversion to Mutual Insurers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1616t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rogers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-19** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Rereferred to Economic Matters
- **2026-03-17** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2026-03-17** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-17** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-17** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-20** Hearing 3/20 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-03-21** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 688 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26e9cb54-5a00-4989-bf5a-1242c81c5ce4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).