---
type: "Bill"
title: "Zoning Amendments – Energy Generating Systems"
description: "Zoning Amendments – Energy Generating Systems"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1588"
citation: "Maryland HB 1588 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government - Generally", "Utility Regulation", "Baltimore City", "Boundaries", "Committees and Commissions", "Counties", "Energy Matters", "Municipal Corporations", "Utilities", "Zoning and Planning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["S. Howard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ef08961-e756-4640-a5d6-35e0d524f797"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1588&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "be5e5bdf76f1feb876586b3df9e70cf81954d49c9cb9b1260053fcffdd383794"
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 1588 (2018) — Zoning Amendments – Energy Generating Systems

## 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/hb1588f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- S. Howard — primary (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Saab — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments {420410/2 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (136-1) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-04** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Special Order until later today (Senator Miller) Adopted
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 286 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ef08961-e756-4640-a5d6-35e0d524f797`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).