---
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: "SB 337"
citation: "Maryland SB 337 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utility Regulation", "Prices", "Public Service Commission", "Sewage", "Utilities", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Middleton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82d31f2f-b28c-4462-a988-f577a615c72c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB337&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "bdbfde1b0048a6e701790e452febb7e9a19d586691cd2dc9de93ff895ebdbbbf"
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 SB 337 (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/sb/sb0337f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Middleton — primary (person)
- Astle — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- Oaks — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12** Favorable with Amendments {897478/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-02-14** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-15** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-26** Third Reading Passed (135-1) `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 191 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82d31f2f-b28c-4462-a988-f577a615c72c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).