---
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: "SB 520"
citation: "Maryland SB 520 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utility Regulation", "Energy", "Alternative Energy Sources", "Energy Matters", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kramer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c320fdca-3cc8-4706-9bc9-ed3deb589ca8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB520&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "6bad77a17eacfb476ba3bfc1950fba4eb4391a6500a64de234caf1d92a03df55"
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 520 (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/sb/sb0520f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **98–36** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kramer — primary (person)
- Augustine — cosponsor (person)
- Beidle — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-13** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-15** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-15** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-04** Third Reading Passed (98-36) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 462 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c320fdca-3cc8-4706-9bc9-ed3deb589ca8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).