---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy Storage Pilot Project Act"
description: "Energy Storage Pilot Project Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 573"
citation: "Maryland SB 573 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utility Regulation", "Energy", "Energy Matters", "Prices", "Public Service Commission", "Reports", "Rules and Regulations", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldman"]
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/b276be27-e4a9-494d-8ea9-78e1b2921b6e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB573&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "725b99c6d773420ec7d97fcd5b3d5c1932b923d571ea84a9cf50c9a98ed759d1"
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 573 (2019) — Energy Storage Pilot Project Act

## 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/sb0573f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **115–18** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Feldman — 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.
- **2019-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Favorable with Amendments {187077/2 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-14** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-14** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (115-18) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 427 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b276be27-e4a9-494d-8ea9-78e1b2921b6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).