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type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Establishment of a Reinsurance Program"
description: "Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Establishment of a Reinsurance Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1795"
citation: "Maryland HB 1795 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance - Health", "Emergency Bills", "Federal Government", "Health Benefit Exchange", "Health Insurance", "Insurance Administration", "Medical Assistance", "Prices", "Revenue and Taxes", "Rules and Regulations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pena-Melnyk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-02"
last_action: "2018-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e2ec80f-d809-4a4e-b252-fff156057d6a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1795&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "f0ddd71ad3c182f2cd71ec189452f586379c1b99da0e1f0e7ed1ba9b3f4a4405"
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 1795 (2018) — Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Establishment of a Reinsurance Program
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1795f.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1350** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **434** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- B. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Barron — cosponsor (person)
- Bromwell — cosponsor (person)
- Busch — cosponsor (person)
- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
- Frush — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Kipke — cosponsor (person)
- Krebs — cosponsor (person)
- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
- Miele — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Pendergrass — cosponsor (person)
- Platt — cosponsor (person)
- Reznik — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Saab — cosponsor (person)
- Sample-Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Szeliga — cosponsor (person)
- Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-03-02** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {906685/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Floor Amendment {583825/1 (Delegate Pena-Melnyk) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-16** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-23** Third Reading Passed (43-4) `passage`
- **2018-03-26** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-05** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 6 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e2ec80f-d809-4a4e-b252-fff156057d6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).