File Code: Insurance - Other than Health
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance
Administration, Maryland)
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Title Insurance Producers - Regulation and Requirements
 
Specifying that, with exceptions, only a licensed title insurance
producer may exercise control over trust money; increasing the amount
of the fidelity bond and the surety bond or letter of credit that
specified applicants for a title insurance producer's license must
file with the Maryland Insurance Commissioner; requiring the
Commission to Study the Title Insurance Industry in Maryland to
examine the adequacy of a specified blanket surety bond or letter of
credit and to make a specified determination; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 9/30
 -  Pre-filed
 - 1/14
 - First Reading Finance
 - 1/21
 - Hearing 2/3 at 2:00 p.m.
 - 3/3
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
 - 3/4
 - Favorable with Amendments
 -      Laid Over (Senator Harris) Adopted
 - 3/5
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/9
 - Third Reading Passed (43-0)
 - 4/10
 - Senate Concur - House Amendment
 -      Third Reading Passed (39-0)
 -      Passed Enrolled
 
House Action
- 3/10
 - First Reading Economic Matters
 - 3/17
 - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/11
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
 - 4/6
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 4/8
 - Special Order next session  (Delegate Sophocleus) Adopted
 - 4/9
 - Floor Amendment (Delegate Sophocleus) Rejected
 -      Third Reading Passed with Amendments (86-43)
 
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/7
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 361
 
Sponsored by:
- Finance Committee, Chair
 - Departmental
 - Insurance Administration, Maryland
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Agents and Brokers
 - Bonds -see also- County & Baltimore City Bonds; State Bonds.
 - Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees
 - Escrow Accounts
 - Insurance Administration
 - Insurance -see also- Health Ins; MAIF; Motor Vehicle Ins
 - Licenses -see also- Alcoholic Bev Lic; Drivers` Licenses
 - Rules and Regulations
 - Titles
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Insurance
 - (
 10-121 ,
 10-121 
)
 
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
 - Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Senate
- Number: 477173/01     Offered on: March 5, 2009       at:
10:28 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 
House 
- Number: 553822/01     Offered on: April 13, 2009      at:
5:26 p.m.      Status: Rejected
 - Number: 863092/01     Offered on: April 11, 2009      at:
12:21 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 Senate
- March 9, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (43-0)
 - April 10, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (39-0)
 
House 
- April 9, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (86-43)