---
type: "Bill"
title: "Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program"
description: "Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1189"
citation: "Maryland HB 1189 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utility Regulation", "Social Services - Generally", "Energy", "Administrative Agencies", "Disabilities", "Diseases", "Energy Matters", "Equipment", "Fuel", "Health", "Human Services", "Department of", "Legal Aid", "Nonprofit Organizations", "Rules and Regulations", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb20f649-79e1-43ba-94b8-09e8781a3ebb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1189&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "2f190b29b6389fa88f26887279cc1d9d726fd86d63ecf2916250cd28e7b4b8fb"
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 1189 (2019) — Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb1189f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- No motion given — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carey — primary (person)
- Bromwell — cosponsor (person)
- P. Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {283694/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-16** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** 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/bb20f649-79e1-43ba-94b8-09e8781a3ebb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).