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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Service Commission - Virtual Public Hearings"
+description: "Public Service Commission - Virtual Public Hearings"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 556"
+citation: "Maryland HB 556 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["D.E. Davis"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-20"
+last_action: "2021-05-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e86051d4-5f21-463a-93a4-0b11a187c36a"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0556?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "45aca508731eb75dd4f867d87a4f5e3e046c6f8fdcd29d509b59e896a4b925be"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 556 (2021) — Public Service Commission - Virtual Public Hearings
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Public Service Commission - Virtual Public Hearings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_267_hb0556t.pdf)
+2. **First - Public Service Commission - Virtual Public Hearings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0556f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Public Service Commission - Virtual Public Hearings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0556t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **131–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- D.E. Davis — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-20** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-20** Hearing 1/29 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2021-02-10** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-02-16** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-01** Returned Passed
+- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 267 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e86051d4-5f21-463a-93a4-0b11a187c36a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+