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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)"
+description: "Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 1036"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1036 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Crosby", "Wilson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2025-02-05"
+last_action: "2025-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9ec6b82-6605-49bd-9bae-71f19601567e"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1036?ys=2025RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "1ff0860c8e4f309c40a3482cc94a8d7b1b4f987a1882c2d4738e77a5e8922feb"
+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 1036 (2025) — Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_624_hb1036t.pdf)
+2. **First - Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1036f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1036t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLA Del. Ghrist /693126/1 — **38–97** (fail) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **35–11** (pass) · upper
+- FLA Del. Ghrist /113822/1 — **38–98** (fail) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **97–40** (pass) · lower
+- FLA Del. Ghrist /213622/1 — **39–98** (fail) · lower
+- FLA Del. Chisholm /983526/1 — **40–95** (fail) · lower
+- FLA Del. Ghrist /823823/1 — **39–95** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Crosby — primary (person)
+- Wilson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-05** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-10** Hearing 2/28 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-03** Motion Special Order until 04/04 (Delegate Crosby) Adopted
+- **2025-04-04** Floor Amendment {
+- **2025-04-04** Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate J. Lewis) Adopted
+- **2025-04-04** Floor Amendment (Delegate Ghrist) Rejected `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-04-04** Floor Amendment {
+- **2025-04-04** Floor Amendment {
+- **2025-04-04** Floor Amendment {
+- **2025-04-04** Floor Amendment {
+- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-04-05** Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate J. Lewis) Adopted
+- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-05** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-05** Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment
+- **2025-04-07** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-07** Second Reading Passed
+- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
+- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 624 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9ec6b82-6605-49bd-9bae-71f19601567e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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