---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Service Company Franchise Tax - Return Deadline"
description: "Public Service Company Franchise Tax - Return Deadline"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "Maryland SB 83 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Miscellaneous", "Franchise Tax", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-10-11"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b1d2da9-e6ca-49de-a771-8fdafaaa648a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB83&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "7fa97ae74b8c772ea37fa4c35695e1dad5625ff6cebaab0ba0bcb7c5deaff69b"
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 83 (2018) — Public Service Company Franchise Tax - Return Deadline

## 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/sb0083f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Budget and Taxation Committee (By Request - Departmental - Assessments and Taxation) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-11** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Hearing 1/18 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2018-01-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-30** Favorable with Amendments {859639/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-02-01** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-02** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-04** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 652 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b1d2da9-e6ca-49de-a771-8fdafaaa648a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).