Maryland 2025 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB697 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/30/2025

                     
 
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SENATE BILL 697 
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By: Senator Beidle 
Introduced and read first time: January 26, 2025 
Assigned to: Finance 
 
A BILL ENTITLED 
 
AN ACT concerning 1 
 
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund – Premium Discounts – Methodology 2 
 
FOR the purpose of requiring that a premium discount provided by the Maryland 3 
Automobile Insurance Fund to an insured be based on the income of the insured and 4 
actuarially justified; and generally relating to the Maryland Automobile Insurance 5 
Fund. 6 
 
BY adding to 7 
 Article – Insurance 8 
Section 20–507(i) 9 
 Annotated Code of Maryland 10 
 (2017 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11 
 
 SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12 
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13 
 
Article – Insurance 14 
 
20–507. 15 
 
 (I) A REDUCTION IN A PREMIUM PROVIDED BY THE FUND TO AN INSURED 16 
SHALL BE: 17 
 
 (1) BASED ON THE INCOME OF THE INSURED ; AND 18 
 
 (2) ACTUARIALLY JUSTIFIE D. 19 
 
 SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 20 
October 1, 2025. 21