---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric Universal Service Program - Funds - Arrearage Prevention"
description: "Electric Universal Service Program - Funds - Arrearage Prevention"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1528"
citation: "Maryland HB 1528 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utility Regulation", "Social Services - Generally", "Alternative Energy Sources", "Committees and Commissions", "Equipment", "Housing and Community Development", "Department of", "Human Services", "Department of", "Social Services", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clippinger"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b992c8cb-b40a-41aa-8354-cf763835bc2a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1528&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "0efd87fbf5551a87495dc0b414753cdccbeb0b2f301503999021fa777545f930"
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 1528 (2018) — Electric Universal Service Program - Funds - Arrearage Prevention

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1528f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clippinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {783893/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-16** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-16** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-03** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 696 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b992c8cb-b40a-41aa-8354-cf763835bc2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).