---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Utilities – Investor–Owned Utilities – Prevailing Wage"
description: "Public Utilities – Investor–Owned Utilities – Prevailing Wage"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 174"
citation: "Maryland HB 174 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-14"
last_action: "2021-12-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e815dcd8-baf3-4e20-b493-9e59d2464773"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0174?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b579caa8a1fa35d89447ede49a05ba876ea802e29350d255004d4f516c849091"
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 HB 174 (2021) — Public Utilities – Investor–Owned Utilities – Prevailing Wage

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Utilities – Investor–Owned Utilities – Prevailing Wage** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/Ch_21_hb0174t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Utilities – Investor–Owned Utilities – Prevailing Wage** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0174f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Utilities – Investor–Owned Utilities – Prevailing Wage** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0174t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **32–15** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **96–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-14** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** Hearing 1/21 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-17** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-28** Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) `executive-veto`
- **2021-12-06** Motion Special Order vote on veto until next session (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
- **2021-12-07** Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-12-07** Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-12-07** Became law per Maryland Constitution, Chapter 21 of 2021 Special Session `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e815dcd8-baf3-4e20-b493-9e59d2464773`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).