---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prince George’s County – Utility Services – Master Meters and Task Force PG 429–18"
description: "Prince George’s County – Utility Services – Master Meters and Task Force PG 429–18"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 218"
citation: "Maryland HB 218 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utility Regulation", "Bi-County Agencies", "Real Property", "Committees and Commissions", "Condominiums", "Cooperative Associations", "Data", "Equipment", "Prince George's County", "Public Service Commission", "Reimbursement Rates", "Reports", "Sunset", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Prince George's County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd7e1378-6aca-43ba-9ebb-d8776b731829"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB218&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "f684dcfd56e3ad49b9a33722be6d7f6880890581f1c932da537593196abc22aa"
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 218 (2018) — Prince George’s County – Utility Services – Master Meters and Task Force PG 429–18

## 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/hb0218f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Prince George's County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-22** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-23** Favorable with Amendments {593999/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-02-27** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-28** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-03** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 128 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd7e1378-6aca-43ba-9ebb-d8776b731829`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).