---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities - Surviving Spouse of Account Holder - Protections"
description: "Utilities - Surviving Spouse of Account Holder - Protections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 628"
citation: "Maryland SB 628 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kagan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f4ed154-77e7-4856-aab7-b4a7e01add34"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0628?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "87216b5ab859cb3fe42e484f8027a99a08c0d5b2a2b0f1cf095d49d7eaaa1072"
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 628 (2020) — Utilities - Surviving Spouse of Account Holder - Protections

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Utilities - Surviving Spouse of Account Holder - Protections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_570_sb0628t.pdf)
2. **First - Utilities - Surviving Spouse of Account Holder - Protections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0628f.pdf)
3. **Third - Utilities - Surviving Spouse of Account Holder - Protections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0628t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kagan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-17** Hearing canceled
- **2020-02-17** Hearing 2/21 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **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 570 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f4ed154-77e7-4856-aab7-b4a7e01add34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).