---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electricity - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems Pilot Program - Extension"
description: "Electricity - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems Pilot Program - Extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 683"
citation: "Maryland HB 683 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utility Regulation", "Energy", "Alternative Energy Sources", "Commerce and Business", "Committees and Commissions", "Energy Matters", "Reports", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clippinger"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/484dcbec-3a73-45d5-99b5-455a01b545e3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB683&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "940da0257cb2f721219d62b6c529e82b2047e0b8406f70d43c750bf78d546b19"
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 683 (2019) — Electricity - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems Pilot Program - Extension

## 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/hb0683f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **100–34** (pass) · lower
- No motion given — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clippinger — primary (person)
- C. Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Carey — cosponsor (person)
- Charkoudian — cosponsor (person)
- Dumais — cosponsor (person)
- Fennell — cosponsor (person)
- Lisanti — cosponsor (person)
- Qi — cosponsor (person)
- Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-14** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-16** Third Reading Passed (100-34) `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
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 461 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/484dcbec-3a73-45d5-99b5-455a01b545e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).