Limited Line Credit Insurance - Qualification of Applicants
SB 228 changes licensing rules for insurance producers selling limited line credit insurance in Maryland. It removes the requirement for these applicants to pass a state exam and instead mandates that insurers provide their own training programs covering credit insurance products. Insurers must design comprehensive training, keep records of materials and participants for five years, and share these records with regulators upon request. This directly affects individuals seeking licenses specifically for credit insurance (not credit life or health insurance), simplifying the qualification process while maintaining oversight through insurer recordkeeping.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Oct 6, 2024
Signed May 6, 2025
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This bill update adds Senate action status and committee report information to the header, reorganizes and renumbers subsections regarding insurance producer licensing qualifications, and standardizes formatting for instructional program requirements. The substantive policy content regarding licensing requirements for credit insurance remains unchanged from the original version.
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Added 'Committee Report: Favorable' and 'Senate action: Adopted' status indicators to the bill header.
Reorganized and renumbered subsections regarding individual applicant qualifications, shifting from (b)-(f) to (b)-(g) structure.
Standardized formatting of instructional program requirements for limited line credit insurance applicants, including record retention and documentation requirements.
Reorganized examination exemption subsections and renumbered from (g)-(h) to (f)-(g) structure.
Floor votes · Senate Jan 31, 2025 · House of Delegates Mar 16, 2025
How they voted
44–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 46
Jan 31, 2025
D
Democratic33
93% Yea
R
Republican13
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
10
Committee
6
May 6, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 415
executive
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned Passed
upper
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable Report by Economic Matters
lower
Mar 16, 2025
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (134-0-5)
house of delegates
Feb 7, 2025
Committee
Referred Economic Matters
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Third Reading Passed
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable Adopted
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable Report by Finance
upper
Jan 31, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (44-0-2)
senate
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
First Reading Finance
upper
Oct 6, 2024
Introduced
Pre-filed
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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