| MD | SB516 | Pass | Requiring the Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses Account to receive certain money from the Strategic Energy Investment Fund; establishing certain criteria for qualified offshore wind projects applied for on or after July 1, 2017, termed Roun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-25
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 757 |
| MD | HB1105 | Pass | Prohibiting acquisition of substantial influence over an investor-owned electric company if a person would become an affiliate of each investor-owned electric company in the State as a result of the acquisition.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-25
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 721 |
| MD | HB650 | Veto | Requiring the Public Service Commission to establish an energy storage pilot program; providing that the cumulative size of the projects under the program shall be between 5 and 10 megawatts, with a minimum of 15 megawatt-hours; requiring the Commiss...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-24
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | HB689 | Veto | Requiring the Public Service Commission to establish customer choice shopping websites for electric and natural gas customers; requiring the Commission to use information from electric and natural gas suppliers to maintain the information on the webs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-24
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | HB106 | Pass | Extending from June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2030, the termination date of a certain environmental surcharge on electrical energy distributed to retail electric customers in the State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 393 |
| MD | SB520 | Pass | Prohibiting the imposition of a maximum number of subscribers to community solar energy generating system under the Community Solar Energy Generating Systems Pilot Program; providing for an increase in the generating capacity and capacity limits to b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 462 |
| MD | SB573 | Pass | Requiring the Public Service Commission to establish an energy storage pilot program; providing that the cumulative size of the projects under the program shall be between 5 and 10 megawatts, with a minimum of 15 megawatt-hours; requiring the Commiss...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 427 |
| MD | HB683 | Pass | Prohibiting the imposition of a maximum number of subscribers to a community solar energy generating system under the Community Solar Energy Generating Systems Pilot Program; providing for an increase in the generating capacity and capacity limits to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 461 |
| MD | SB512 | Pass | Prohibiting a public service company from terminating electric or gas service to certain residential customers for nonpayment on a day that a government shutdown is in effect and for 7 days after the government shutdown has ended; authorizing the Pub...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 522 |
| MD | SB425 | Pass | Establishing the Critical Medical Needs Program in the Office of Home Energy Programs of the Family Investment Administration within the Department of Human Services in recognition of the challenges with energy bills faced by individuals with critica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-30
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 283 |
| MD | SB517 | Pass | Requiring the Public Service Commission to establish customer choice shopping websites for electric and natural gas customers; requiring the Commission to use information from electric and natural gas suppliers to maintain the information on the webs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-30
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 305 |
| MD | SB634 | Pass | Authorizing an electric cooperative to construct, maintain, or operate or allow others to construct, maintain, or operate conducting or communications facilities for telecommunications and broadband Internet services along, on, under, or across vario...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-30
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 277 |
| MD | HB1189 | Pass | Establishing the Critical Medical Needs Program in the Office of Home Energy Programs of the Family Investment Administration within the Department of Human Services in recognition of the challenges with energy bills faced by individuals with critica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-30
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 282 |
| MD | HB221 | Pass | Extending the Task Force on the Use of Master Meters for Utility Services in Prince George's County by 1 year; and extending the deadline for the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Prince George's County Del...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-18
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 159 |
| MD | HB324 | Pass | Prohibiting the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission from entering into a contract unless the contract contains a certain nondiscrimination provision; requiring the Commission to provide a contractor a reasonable opportunity to cure a certain defe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-18
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 161 |
| MD | HB601 | Engross | Altering the renewable energy portfolio standard for 2019 to 2021 and later; and applying the Act retroactively to all renewable portfolio standard compliance years that begin on or after January 1, 2019.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-08
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | SB804 | Engross | Requiring a person charged with reckless driving that contributes to an accident to appear in court and prohibiting the person from prepaying the fine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-08
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB730 | Intro | Repealing a provision that prohibits a county or municipal corporation from acting as an aggregator under certain circumstances; establishing a process by which a county or municipal corporation or group of counties and municipal corporations may bec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-03
Referred to interim study by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB308 | Engross | Requiring an applicant for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for certain construction to conduct a rapid health impact assessment (HIA) on the project and report on its findings; requiring a rapid HIA report to be completed not later ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB112 | Engross | Prohibiting a person from causing the serious physical injury or death of a vulnerable individual as a result of the person operating a vehicle in a careless or distracted manner or in violation of any other rules of the road provisions of the Maryla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-29
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB900 | Intro | Requiring the governing body of certain cooperative housing corporations, condominiums, and homeowners associations to have a reserve study conducted by a certain date and at 5-year intervals under certain circumstances; requiring a certain reserve s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-29
Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn |
| MD | SB94 | Pass | Altering a certain Consumer Price Index used for calculating the target per pupil foundation amount and the student transportation amount for education; and altering certain references to the Consumer Price Index for the Washington-Baltimore Metropol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-27
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 5 |
| MD | SB112 | Pass | Repealing certain reporting requirements that are obsolete, unnecessary, or duplicative; consolidating certain reporting requirements for efficiency; codifying certain reporting requirements for transparency; modifying certain reporting requirements ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-27
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 6 |
| MD | HB653 | Engross | Requiring the Public Service Commission to allow an electric company or a gas company to apply for an alternative rate plan simultaneously with an application for new base rates; requiring the Commission to allow an electric company or a gas company ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB987 | Intro | Requiring, if a certain new building includes the creation of 20 or more parking spaces, 5% of the parking spaces to contain certain electric vehicle charging infrastructure; requiring an electrical room of a new building to be designed to accommodat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-21
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | HB1235 | Intro | Establishing a Healthy Climate Initiative in the Department of the Environment for certain purposes; requiring the Secretary of the Environment to administer certain schedules of greenhouse gas pollution charges; requiring the Secretary to delegate c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | SB716 | Intro | Requiring certain persons to submit to the Public Service Commission on and after July 1, 2020, monthly reports containing detailed billing information on the supply of electricity and gas to residential customers; requiring certain initial reports t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-18
Unfavorable Report by Finance |
| MD | SB713 | Intro | Establishing procedures and requirements for the permitting, installation, and regulation of certain wireless telecommunications facilities in the State; authorizing a wireless provider to install and maintain certain facilities in certain rights-of-...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-18
Referred to interim study by Finance |
| MD | SB937 | Intro | Establishing procedures and requirements for the deployment, installation, and regulation of certain wireless telecommunications facilities in the State; prohibiting an authority from entering into an exclusive agreement for the use of certain rights...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-18
Referred to interim study by Finance |
| MD | HB1227 | Intro | Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from taking final action on an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a certain wind or solar generating station until a county or municipal corporation in which any part of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-16
Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation |
| MD | HB558 | Intro | Authorizing a landlord who uses a written lease to collect certain fees and charges as rent under certain conditions; providing that the Act applies only if the written lease used by a landlord includes a certain provision and provides a certain noti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-15
Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn |
| MD | HB840 | Intro | Establishing the State Board of On-Site Wastewater Professionals in the Department of the Environment; specifying the purpose and composition of the Board; specifying the term of a Board member; requiring the Governor to appoint Board members with th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-15
Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn |
| MD | SB881 | Intro | Providing that the enrollment of a residential electric customer in a certain payment plan or the participation of the customer in a certain program is a material change in contract; providing for the automatic termination, without penalty, of a cont...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-15
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB910 | Intro | Requiring a certain electric company to contract for certain renewable energy credits and electricity generated from certain Tier 1 renewable sources to meet a certain portion of the renewable energy portfolio standard for electricity that the electr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-15
Unfavorable Report by Finance; Withdrawn |
| MD | HB474 | Intro | Authorizing the initiation of a proceeding at the Public Service Commission regarding the joint use of utility and telecommunications infrastructure; authorizing the Commission to order a joint use entity to allow joint use and reasonable compensatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-14
Referred to interim study by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB879 | Intro | Requiring a certain electric company to contract for certain renewable energy credits and electricity generated from certain Tier 1 renewable sources to meet a certain portion of the renewable energy portfolio standard for electricity that the electr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-14
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | SB366 | Intro | Authorizing a landlord who uses a written lease to collect certain fees and charges as rent under certain conditions; providing that the Act applies only if the written lease used by a landlord includes a certain provision and provides a certain noti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-13
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn |
| MD | SB880 | Intro | Requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a customer choice website that allows electric customers to sort electricity suppliers that have open offers in a certain service area, and initiates the transition from one electricity supplier to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-13
Unfavorable Report by Finance; Withdrawn |
| MD | SB744 | Engross | Establishing the Commission on the Development of a Blueprint for Solar Energy in Maryland to develop a comprehensive siting blueprint to guide units of State and local government in evaluating proposed solar energy projects, consistent with the Comm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-12
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB163 | Intro | Requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a Combined Heat and Power System Program; allowing all rate classes to participate in the program; requiring an electric company to use a certain tariff structure to provide credits to owner-operat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-11
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB654 | Intro | Establishing procedures and requirements for the deployment, installation, and regulation of certain wireless telecommunications facilities in the State; prohibiting an authority from entering into an exclusive agreement for the use of certain rights...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-11
Referred to interim study by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB692 | Intro | Prohibiting an electric company from including certain costs associated with providing standard offer service in a certain base rate proceeding; requiring the Public Service Commission to require an electric company that files a certain base rate cas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-11
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters; Withdrawn |
| MD | HB1020 | Intro | Establishing procedures and requirements for the permitting, installation, and regulation of certain wireless telecommunications facilities in the State; authorizing a wireless provider to install and maintain certain facilities in certain rights-of-...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-11
Referred to interim study by Economic Matters |
| MD | SB998 | Intro | Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from establishing or continuing a certain electric vehicle charging station infrastructure pilot program unless the General Assembly enacts a law authorizing the program; and establishing the intent of the Ge...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB202 | Intro | Requiring the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to notify an account holder within 7 days after determining a 200% increase in water usage during the immediately preceding billing period; requiring that the notification required under the Act c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-08
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1318 | Intro | Prohibiting a public service company from terminating electric or gas service to certain residential customers for nonpayment on a day that a government furlough is in effect or for 7 days after the furlough has ended; authorizing the Public Service ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
Hearing canceled (Environment and Transportation) |
| MD | SB886 | Intro | Altering the application of a provision requiring the payment of a certain deposit with the Public Service Commission in connection with an application to construct a solar photovoltaic system; requiring the Commission to refund the deposit within 1 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB997 | Intro | Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from taking final action on an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a wind or solar generating station until a county or municipal corporation in which any part of the generat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-21
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB1357 | Intro | Authorizing an electric cooperative to construct, maintain, or operate or allow others to construct, maintain, or operate conducting or communications facilities for telecommunications and broadband Internet services along, on, under, or across vario...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-18
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB1331 | Intro | Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from establishing or continuing a certain pilot program until the Task Force to Study Electric Vehicle Charging Station Infrastructure submits a report to the Governor and General Assembly and the General Ass...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
