Maryland House Bill 950

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-02-10 - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Environment and Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [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. Dylan Behler [D]

Del. Aaron Kaufman [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-02-10	House	Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-05	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation

HB459 (Carry Over) 2023-03-20 - Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Local Government	1	1309	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Public Utilities	4	215	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0950?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0950f.pdf