HB1189 • 2026

Property and Casualty Insurance - Distribution of Premium Tax Proceeds to State Disaster Recovery Fund

Taxes

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Delegate Hinebaugh
Last action: 2026-02-16
Official status: In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Property and Casualty Insurance - Distribution of Premium Tax Proceeds to State Disaster Recovery Fund

Requiring that $5,000,000 of property and casualty insurance premium tax proceeds be distributed, beginning July 1, 2026, annually to the State Disaster Recovery Fund.

What This Bill Does

Requiring that $5,000,000 of property and casualty insurance premium tax proceeds be distributed, beginning July 1, 2026, annually to the State Disaster Recovery Fund.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2026-02-16 House
Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-11 House
First Reading Judiciary
Maryland General Assembly
Text - First - Property and Casualty Insurance - Distribution of Premium Tax Proceeds to State Disaster Recovery Fund

Official Summary Text

Requiring that $5,000,000 of property and casualty insurance premium tax proceeds be distributed, beginning July 1, 2026, annually to the State Disaster Recovery Fund.

Current Bill Text

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EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
*hb1189*

HOUSE BILL 1189
C4 6lr2868
CF SB 690
By: Delegate Hinebaugh
Introduced and read first time: February 11, 2026
Assigned to: Judiciary

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Property and Casualty Insurance – Distribution of Premium Tax Proceeds to 2
State Disaster Recovery Fund 3

FOR the purpose of requiring that a certain amount of proceeds from a certain tax imposed 4
on property and casualty insurers be dist ributed, beginning on a certain date, 5
annually to the State Disaster Recovery Fund; and generally relating to the 6
distribution of taxes imposed on property and casualty insurers to the State Disaster 7
Recovery Fund. 8

BY adding to 9
Article – Insurance 10
Section 6–103.3 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2017 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 13

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15

Article – Insurance 16

6–103.3. 17

NOTWITHSTANDING § 2–114 OF THIS ARTICLE , BEGINNING JULY 1, 2026, 18
FROM THE TAX IMPOSED ON PROPERTY AND CASU ALTY INSURERS UNDER THIS 19
SUBTITLE, $5,000,000 SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED ANNUALLY TO THE STATE DISASTER 20
RECOVERY FUND ESTABLISHED UNDE R § 14–110.5 OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY 21
ARTICLE. 22

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 23
1, 2026. 24