Maryland Senate Bill 79 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on May 18 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-05-18 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 266
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Authorizing a subscriber to a community solar energy generating system who has a change in the service address associated with the subscription to maintain the subscription if the new address is in the same electric territory; prohibiting an electric company or a subscription organization from terminating a subscriber's subscription due to a change of a certain address under certain circumstances; requiring an electric company to make certain changes to accommodate a subscriber's change of address under certain circumstances; etc.

Electricity – Change of Address – Maintenance of Subscriptions and Contracts

Sen. Benjamin Kramer [D]

2021-03-31 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-03-30 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 133 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2021-02-16 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 46 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-05-18	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 266
2021-03-31	Senate	Passed Enrolled
2021-03-31	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2021-03-31	Senate	Senate Concurs House Amendments
2021-03-30	House	Third Reading Passed (133-0)
2021-03-30	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2021-03-30	House	Favorable with Amendments {493591/1 Adopted
2021-03-29	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
2021-02-18	House	Referred Economic Matters
2021-02-16	Senate	Third Reading Passed (46-0)
2021-02-10	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2021-02-10	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {307679/1 Adopted
2021-02-09	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2021-01-15	Senate	Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
2021-01-13	Senate	First Reading Finance
2020-10-27	Senate	Pre-filed

HB473 (Crossfiled) 2021-05-18 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 265

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Public Utilities	7	306.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Public Utilities	7	312	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0079?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0079f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0079t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0079e.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_266_sb0079e.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/amds/bil_0009/sb0079_30767901.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/amds/bil_0009/sb0079_49359101.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes_comm/sb0079_fin.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes_comm/sb0079_ecm.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes/Senate/0210.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes/House/0908.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes/Senate/0789.pdf