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type: "Bill"
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title: "Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission - Established"
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description: "Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission - Established"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 718"
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citation: "Maryland HB 718 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Cullison", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "Lopez", "Martinez", "Pena-Melnyk", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "S. Johnson", "Taveras", "White Holland", "Woods", "Woorman"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-27"
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last_action: "2025-05-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06a6916d-807e-44ee-b639-8d28f5982bf8"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0718?ys=2025RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "8c633b55a60bd677bfa26e820f6355f90916f909ccd203ac15066ca73266e280"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 718 (2025) — Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission - Established
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_696_hb0718e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0718e.pdf)
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3. **First - Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0718f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0718t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **98–38** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **101–37** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading (Amend) — **35–12** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Alston — primary (person)
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- Bagnall — primary (person)
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- Bhandari — primary (person)
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- Cullison — primary (person)
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- Guzzone — primary (person)
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- Hill — primary (person)
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- Kaiser — primary (person)
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- Kerr — primary (person)
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- Lopez — primary (person)
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- Martinez — primary (person)
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- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
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- Rosenberg — primary (person)
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- Ross — primary (person)
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- S. Johnson — primary (person)
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- Taveras — primary (person)
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- White Holland — primary (person)
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- Woods — primary (person)
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- Woorman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-27** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-03** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2025-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2025-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-03-12** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
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- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-05** Passed Enrolled
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- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 696 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06a6916d-807e-44ee-b639-8d28f5982bf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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