---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Service Commission - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Reporting"
description: "Public Service Commission - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Reporting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 433"
citation: "Maryland SB 433 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utility Regulation", "Alternative Energy Sources", "Public Service Commission", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hershey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9733402b-f3ff-48ad-bf07-c64050d9a582"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB433&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "f6bbbb079217d6364f491c0dc247d6d43406fcdb5dd97f9e50687f8539a15497"
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 433 (2018) — Public Service Commission - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Reporting

## 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/sb0433f.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Hershey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-09** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-02-14** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-15** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 456 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9733402b-f3ff-48ad-bf07-c64050d9a582`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).