---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electricity - Change of Address - Maintenance of Subscriptions and Contracts"
description: "Electricity - Change of Address - Maintenance of Subscriptions and Contracts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 473"
citation: "Maryland HB 473 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dumais"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a609dc4-c48d-4963-80e4-6abf35f9a60c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0473?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "bc0e8f1c15d5c04d8cd0a74b93066e34974af277ef2280da1a083efcce55fcd7"
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 473 (2021) — Electricity - Change of Address - Maintenance of Subscriptions and Contracts

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Electricity - Change of Address - Maintenance of Subscriptions and Contracts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_265_hb0473t.pdf)
2. **First - Electricity - Change of Address - Maintenance of Subscriptions and Contracts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0473f.pdf)
3. **Third - Electricity - Change of Address - Maintenance of Subscriptions and Contracts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0473t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Dumais — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Hearing 1/26 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 265 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a609dc4-c48d-4963-80e4-6abf35f9a60c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).