Maryland House Bill 1007 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-6)
Status: Passed on May 6 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-05-06 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 394
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Prohibiting insurance carriers that offer life insurance or disability insurance policies or contracts from unfairly discriminating against an individual by taking certain actions relating to coverage based on medical information; prohibiting certain carriers from accessing sensitive medical information without first obtaining written consent or mandating certain genetic testing or full genome sequencing as a prerequisite for life insurance or disability insurance eligibility or coverage; etc.

Disability and Life Insurance - Medical Information (Genetic Testing Protection Act)

Del. Melissa Wells [D]	Del. Tiffany Alston [D]	Del. Heather Bagnall [D]	Del. Harry Bhandari [D]
Del. Brian Chisholm [R]	Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]	Del. Pam Guzzone [D]	Del. Terri Hill [D]
Del. Tom Hutchinson [R]	Del. Steve Johnson [D]	Del. Anne Kaiser [D]	Del. Ken Kerr [D]
Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]	Del. Lesley Lopez [D]	Del. Ashanti Martinez [D]	Del. Matt Morgan [R]
Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Teresa Reilly [R]	Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Del. Kim Ross [D]
Del. Kathy Szeliga [R]	Del. Deni Taveras [D]	Del. Jennifer White Holland [D]	Del. Jamila Woods [D]
Del. Teresa Woorman [D]

2025-04-07 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-04 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 43 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2025-03-17 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 137 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-05-06	House	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 394
2025-04-07	House	Returned Passed
2025-04-07	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2025-04-07	Senate	Senate Recede
2025-04-07	Senate	House Requests Senate Recede
2025-04-07	Senate	House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
2025-04-05	House	House Requests Senate Recede
2025-04-05	House	House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
2025-04-04	Senate	Third Reading Passed (43-0)
2025-04-04	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2025-04-04	Senate	Floor Amendment {543221/1 (Senator A. Washington) Adopted
2025-04-04	Senate	Favorable Adopted
2025-04-04	Senate	Favorable Report by Finance
2025-03-18	Senate	Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
2025-03-17	Senate	Referred Finance
2025-03-17	House	Third Reading Passed (137-2)
2025-03-15	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2025-03-15	House	Favorable with Amendments {423527/1 Adopted
2025-03-15	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2025-02-03	House	Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
2025-01-31	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

SB757 (Crossfiled) 2025-04-05 - Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
HB982 (Carry Over) 2024-02-07 - Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Insurance	27	909.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1007?ys=2025RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1007f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1007t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_394_hb1007t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/amds/bil_0007/hb1007_42352701.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/amds/bil_0007/hb1007_54322101.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/votes_comm/hb1007_hgo.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/votes_comm/hb1007_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/votes/House/0702.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/votes/Senate/1079.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/votes/Senate/1295.pdf