---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Utilities – Water and Sewage Disposal Companies – Acquisition"
description: "Public Utilities – Water and Sewage Disposal Companies – Acquisition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 854"
citation: "Maryland SB 854 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utility Regulation", "Appraisals", "Assessments", "Commerce and Business", "Construction", "Fees", "Mergers and Acquisitions", "Prices", "Public Service Commission", "Sewage", "Time", "Utilities", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0d281d2-09a1-4160-8863-9676a212528f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB854&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "376c64e2244af75081168cf5ad18ea1d17975c6fad09f5763ef91079cdfed045"
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 854 (2018) — Public Utilities – Water and Sewage Disposal Companies – Acquisition

## 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/sb0854f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Klausmeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Favorable with Amendments {737576/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Laid Over (Senator Cassilly) Adopted
- **2018-03-22** Favorable with Amendments {737576/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-23** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-26** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Rereferred to Economic Matters
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-04** Special Order until 4/6 (Delegate Davis) Adopted
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 220 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0d281d2-09a1-4160-8863-9676a212528f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).