---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Utilities – Electricity and Natural Gas Suppliers – Information"
description: "Public Utilities – Electricity and Natural Gas Suppliers – Information"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 517"
citation: "Maryland SB 517 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utility Regulation", "Consumer Price Index", "Contracts", "Fuel", "General Assembly", "Internet", "Prices", "Public Service Commission", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldman and Hershey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c73fb40-36bc-4905-8f1a-1fae9cd2f970"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB517&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "f06601768bc17bdc410b2d2790552f3ccaae16fabedca4e022737381e6478314"
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 517 (2019) — Public Utilities – Electricity and Natural Gas Suppliers – Information

## 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/sb0517f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Feldman and Hershey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {657076/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-15** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-15** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-29** Special Order until 04/02 (Delegate D.E. Davis) Adopted
- **2019-04-04** Third Reading Passed (134-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 305 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c73fb40-36bc-4905-8f1a-1fae9cd2f970`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).