---
type: "Bill"
title: "Construction of Transmission Lines – Landowners – Notification"
description: "Construction of Transmission Lines – Landowners – Notification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 869"
citation: "Maryland HB 869 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utility Regulation", "Boundaries", "High Voltage Lines", "Notices", "Public Service Commission", "Real Property", "Rules and Regulations", "Salaries and Compensation", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Szeliga"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-02"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad008028-9854-44ce-8b9f-a4cb53bfc19c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB869&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "95c6827ab14309eaefeb76ddbb422aa5bed6d5a10ef12b6319359ef11d791488"
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 869 (2018) — Construction of Transmission Lines – Landowners – Notification

## 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/hb0869f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Szeliga — primary (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Lisanti — cosponsor (person)
- McComas — cosponsor (person)
- McDonough — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-02** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments {753596/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (134-0) `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 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 282 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad008028-9854-44ce-8b9f-a4cb53bfc19c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).