---
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: "SB 425"
citation: "Maryland SB 425 (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: ["Benson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/926f5510-192a-4f75-b714-3b5e5b5623db"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB425&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "7d6d9c34216fc5b9334b2910f1c58b3389d35c57017ae01bc4a32199f2dfb8ff"
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 425 (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/sb/sb0425f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benson — primary (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
- Kramer — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan-Pulliam — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
- Simonaire — cosponsor (person)
- Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Favorable with Amendments {837578/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-07** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2019-03-15** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 283 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/926f5510-192a-4f75-b714-3b5e5b5623db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).