---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utility Regulation - Consideration of Climate and Labor"
description: "Utility Regulation - Consideration of Climate and Labor"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 298"
citation: "Maryland HB 298 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charkoudian"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-08-28"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9c44098-0bae-428b-89c5-ea69a7ae570a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0298?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "df160c1abee864d1a1d08c37638d12694050ee2141d44387ead223fb3e7ddfa6"
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 298 (2021) — Utility Regulation - Consideration of Climate and Labor

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Utility Regulation - Consideration of Climate and Labor** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_614_hb0298t.pdf)
2. **First - Utility Regulation - Consideration of Climate and Labor** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0298f.pdf)
3. **Third - Utility Regulation - Consideration of Climate and Labor** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0298t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **33–14** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **94–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charkoudian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** Hearing 1/21 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-16** 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
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 614 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9c44098-0bae-428b-89c5-ea69a7ae570a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).