---
type: "Bill"
title: "Renewable Energy Development and Siting (REDS) – Evaluations and Tax and Fee Exemptions"
description: "Renewable Energy Development and Siting (REDS) – Evaluations and Tax and Fee Exemptions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 281"
citation: "Maryland SB 281 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "Bailey", "Carozza", "Cassilly", "Eckardt", "Edwards", "Gallion", "Hershey", "President", "Ready", "Salling", "Serafini", "Simonaire", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/358cfe05-676f-4fc4-b9ae-85ee83e15dd8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0281?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "978eeb9bb5c7dabac3ef3322729a5a9b91c253e199a2744a85762646da837671"
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 281 (2020) — Renewable Energy Development and Siting (REDS) – Evaluations and Tax and Fee Exemptions

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Renewable Energy Development and Siting (REDS) – Evaluations and Tax and Fee Exemptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_544_sb0281t.pdf)
2. **First - Renewable Energy Development and Siting (REDS) – Evaluations and Tax and Fee Exemptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0281f.pdf)
3. **Third - Renewable Energy Development and Siting (REDS) – Evaluations and Tax and Fee Exemptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0281t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Administration — primary (person)
- Bailey — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Cassilly — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Serafini — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
- **2020-01-27** Hearing canceled (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
- **2020-01-27** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
- **2020-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 544 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/358cfe05-676f-4fc4-b9ae-85ee83e15dd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).