---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gas Companies - Rate Regulation - Environmental Remediation Costs"
description: "Gas Companies - Rate Regulation - Environmental Remediation Costs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 355"
citation: "Maryland SB 355 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utility Regulation", "Environmental Health", "Environmental Matters", "Fuel", "Prices", "Public Service Commission", "Public Works", "Real Property", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Serafini and Astle"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6ef6ee5-79c3-4285-ac27-6509d27d38aa"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB355&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "21f24282cab2802ce89dc3333fee36e66c9649a6000c05a01688f09743741e09"
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 SB 355 (2017) — Gas Companies - Rate Regulation - Environmental Remediation Costs

## 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/sb/sb0355f.pdf)

## Votes

- Favorable — **33–13** (pass) · legislature
- Floor Amendment {153929/1 (Delegate Moon) — **49–88** (fail) · legislature
- Third Reading — **83–55** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **32–12** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Serafini and Astle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-17** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Special Order until 3/20 (Senator Madaleno) Adopted
- **2017-03-20** Favorable Report Adopted (33-13) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-21** Third Reading Passed (32-12) `passage`
- **2017-03-22** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Rereferred to Economic Matters
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-08** Floor Amendment {153929/1 (Delegate Moon) Rejected (49-88) `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed (83-55) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 388 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6ef6ee5-79c3-4285-ac27-6509d27d38aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).