---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Utilities – Water or Sewage Disposal Systems – Rates"
description: "Public Utilities – Water or Sewage Disposal Systems – Rates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 528"
citation: "Maryland HB 528 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utility Regulation", "Prices", "Public Service Commission", "Sewage", "Utilities", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jameson and Mautz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-26"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80d37907-76bc-45bc-9024-fc6940d9ff33"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB528&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "0b4159ebb1fc96ecbd56d015d2ce296fbc9d3d8b0f11eff9be148c8e6ea0807e"
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 528 (2018) — Public Utilities – Water or Sewage Disposal Systems – Rates

## 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/hb0528f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jameson and Mautz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-26** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Favorable with Amendments {363494/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-02-13** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-14** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-26** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-28** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 190 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80d37907-76bc-45bc-9024-fc6940d9ff33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).