---
type: "Bill"
title: "Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Study"
description: "Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1414"
citation: "Maryland HB 1414 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utility Regulation", "Administrative Agencies", "Alternative Energy Sources", "Committees and Commissions", "Energy Matters", "Environmental Health", "Reports", "Sunset"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jameson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/034a82fa-e6c7-4fc9-ac96-cab297f73256"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1414&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "74af9bc1f2552df14cbe11c8c2b773d1965c611fa341920d682de6168020d822"
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 1414 (2017) — Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Study

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb1414f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **134–2** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **133–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jameson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-10** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {633290/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (133-2) `passage`
- **2017-03-16** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Favorable with Amendments {647378/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-06** Special Order until 4/7 (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- **2017-04-10** Floor Amendment {573229/1 (Senator Madaleno) Withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-10** Floor Amendment {403027/1 (Senator Hershey) Withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (134-2) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 393 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/034a82fa-e6c7-4fc9-ac96-cab297f73256`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).