HB 1068 — Health Insurance - Special Enrollment Period for Newly Hired Employees of Small Businesses
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-02-10
Requiring certain health insurance carriers to provide certain special enrollment periods, of 60 days beginning on the first day of employment, for individuals and the individuals' dependents who become employed by small employers that do not offer employer-sponsored health plans.
Latest action: — In the Senate - Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
Sponsors (16)
- Jared Solomon (D, MD-18) — sponsor · 2026-02-10
- Tiffany T. Alston (D, MD-24) — cosponsor · 2026-02-10
- Heather Bagnall (D, MD-33) — cosponsor · 2026-02-10
- Bonnie Cullison (D, MD-19) — cosponsor · 2026-02-10
- Pam Lanman Guzzone (D, MD-13) — cosponsor · 2026-02-10
- Terri L. Hill (D, MD-12) — cosponsor · 2026-02-10
- Thomas S. Hutchinson (R, MD-37) — cosponsor · 2026-02-10
- Aaron M. Kaufman (D, MD-18) — cosponsor · 2026-02-10
- Nicholaus R. Kipke (R, MD-31) — cosponsor · 2026-02-10
- Lesley J. Lopez (D, MD-39) — cosponsor · 2026-02-10
- Ashanti Martinez (D, MD-22) — cosponsor · 2026-02-10
- Samuel I. Rosenberg (D, MD-41) — cosponsor · 2026-02-10
- Kim Ross (D, MD-8) — cosponsor · 2026-02-10
- Deni Taveras (D, MD-47) — cosponsor · 2026-02-10
- Jennifer White Holland (D, MD-10) — cosponsor · 2026-02-10
- Teresa Woorman (D, MD-16) — cosponsor · 2026-02-10
Action timeline (7)
- · house — First Reading
- · house — Hearing — Health
- · house — Second Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · house — Third Reading — Passed
- · senate — First Reading (cross-filed)
- · house — Committee Report — Favorable with Amendments
- · senate — Hearing — Finance
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2 typed relationships in the influence graph — 0 inbound, 2 outbound, grouped by type.
referred to committee (2)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | Senate finance | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | House health | — | md-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jared Solomon (D, state_lower MD-18) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Aaron M. Kaufman (D, state_lower MD-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Ashanti Martinez (D, state_lower MD-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Bonnie Cullison (D, state_lower MD-19) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Deni Taveras (D, state_lower MD-47) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Heather Bagnall (D, state_lower MD-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Jennifer White Holland (D, state_lower MD-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Kim Ross (D, state_lower MD-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Lesley J. Lopez (D, state_lower MD-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Nicholaus R. Kipke (R, state_lower MD-31) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Pam Lanman Guzzone (D, state_lower MD-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Samuel I. Rosenberg (D, state_lower MD-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Teresa Woorman (D, state_lower MD-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Terri L. Hill (D, state_lower MD-12) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Thomas S. Hutchinson (R, state_lower MD-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Tiffany T. Alston (D, state_lower MD-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Senate finance · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House health · md-leg