CHAPTER NUMBER: 424 
File Code: Insurance - Other than Health
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Delegate Jennings
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Private Passenger Motor Vehicle Insurance  and
 Homeowner's Insurance  - Underwriting Standards
 and Requirements  - Active Duty
Military Personnel Returning from Overseas
 
Prohibiting an insurer, except under specified circumstances, from
denying, refusing to renew, or cancelling coverage or increasing rates
with respect to private passenger motor vehicle insurance or
homeowner's insurance for military personnel who are returning from
active duty overseas because they fail to meet underwriting standards
that require continuous coverage; clarifying the applicability of
specified standards related to an insurer's economic and business
purposes; etc.
House Action
- 2/11
 - First Reading Economic Matters
 - 2/16
 - Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/21
 
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
 -      Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/22
 - Third Reading Passed (135-0)
 - 4/3
 - House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
 -      House Requests Senate Recede
 -      Conference Committee Appointed ...
 -      Delegates Krysiak, Feldman, and Miller
 - 4/8
 - Conference Committee Report Adopted
 -      Third Reading Passed (132-0)
 -      Passed Enrolled
 
Senate Action
- 3/22
 - First Reading Finance
 - 3/24
 - Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/4
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
 - 4/2
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 4/4
 - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0)
 - 4/7
 - Senate Refuses to Recede
 -      Conference Committee Appointed ...
 -      Senators Astle, Pipkin, and Teitelbaum
 - 4/8
 - Conference Committee Report Adopted
 -      Third Reading Passed (47-0)
 
Action after passage in House  and Senate
- 5/10
 - Signed by the Governor Chapter 424
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ARMED FORCES -see also- MILITIA
 - CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES
 - DISCRIMINATION
 - INSURANCE -see also- HEALTH INS; MAIF; MOTOR VEHICLE INS
 - MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE -see also- MD AUTO INSURANCE FUND
 - PRICES -see also- CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
 - REAL PROPERTY
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Insurance
 - (
 27-501 ,
 27-501 ,
 27-501 
)
 
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
 - Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
 House 
- Number: 493497/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 22, 2005      at:
11:35 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 
Senate
- Number: 767777/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 4, 2005       at:
11:24 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- Conference Committee Documents (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
 
- Report Number: 583223/1  (PDF)     Offered on: April 11, 2005      at:
6:22 p.m.      Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 House 
- March 22, 2005: Third Reading Passed  (135-0)
 - April 8, 2005: Third Reading Passed  (132-0)
 
Senate
- April 4, 2005: Third Reading Passed  (46-0)
 - April 8, 2005: Third Reading Passed  (47-0)