Maryland House Bill 459 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 16 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-03-20 - Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Finding that local governments pay electric companies large sums to light streets and are limited in how this public safety resource can be managed, the Act authorizes certain counties or municipalities to acquire certain street lighting equipment by purchase or condemnation, convert its street lighting service to a customer-owned street lighting tariff, enter into an agreement to purchase electricity, and contract with an electric company for the maintenance of the street lighting equipment; etc.

Public Utilities - Street Lighting Equipment - Acquisitions and Reporting (County and Municipal Street Lighting Investment Act)

Del. Aaron Kaufman [D]	Del. Marlon Amprey [D]	Del. Adrian Boafo [D]	Del. Regina Boyce [D]
Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]	Del. Mark Edelson [D]	Del. Kris Fair [D]	Del. Michele Guyton [D]
Del. Kevin Harris [D]	Sen. Ariana Kelly [D]	Del. Lesley Lopez [D]	Del. Emily Shetty [D]
Del. Karen Simpson [D]	Del. Kym Taylor [D]

2023-03-16 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 103 N: 31 NV: 4 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-20	Senate	Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-03-16	Senate	Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
2023-03-16	House	Third Reading Passed (103-31)
2023-03-15	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-03-15	House	Favorable with Amendments {433329/1 Adopted
2023-03-14	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
2023-02-01	House	Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-01-30	House	First Reading Economic Matters

HB459 (Carry Over) 2023-03-20 - Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
HB1083 (Carry Over) 2022-04-06 - Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Local Government	1	1309	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Public Utilities	4	212	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0459?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0459f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0459t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0009/hb0459_43332901.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/hb0459_ecm.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/0395.pdf