---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Service Commission - Public Utility Regulation Fund - Cap"
description: "Public Service Commission - Public Utility Regulation Fund - Cap"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 676"
citation: "Maryland SB 676 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Feldman", "Hayes", "Kelley", "Kramer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e9676ec-33fa-4203-887c-b03c6a8746ce"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0676?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7c45864a27e5ee9afd35ba09c5fe955e3c19bd520ff34279ca4bbdf8e1248be3"
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 676 (2020) — Public Service Commission - Public Utility Regulation Fund - Cap

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Service Commission - Public Utility Regulation Fund - Cap** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_55_sb0676t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Service Commission - Public Utility Regulation Fund - Cap** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0676f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Service Commission - Public Utility Regulation Fund - Cap** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0676t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **100–33** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-27** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-04** 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 55 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e9676ec-33fa-4203-887c-b03c6a8746ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).