---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clean Energy Loan Program - Remediation and Resiliency"
description: "Clean Energy Loan Program - Remediation and Resiliency"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 517"
citation: "Maryland HB 517 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Watson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ef6a96d-4418-433b-babe-b9d56ff7fbf8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0517?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9901bb3c6a6aac5d71f1028d8716407c06a74e70b4599e669a059c3a92f0e0f1"
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 517 (2021) — Clean Energy Loan Program - Remediation and Resiliency

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Clean Energy Loan Program - Remediation and Resiliency** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_441_hb0517e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled -** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0517e.pdf)
3. **First - Clean Energy Loan Program - Remediation and Resiliency** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0517f.pdf)
4. **Third - Clean Energy Loan Program - Remediation and Resiliency** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0517t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **114–21** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **107–25** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Hearing 2/02 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-17** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-01** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2021-04-01** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Healey, Harrison and Wivell)
- **2021-04-02** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-02** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2021-04-02** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Healey, Harrison and Wivell)
- **2021-04-02** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2021-04-02** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hester, Kagan and Ellis)
- **2021-04-02** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2021-04-02** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hester, Kagan and Ellis)
- **2021-04-06** Conference Committee Report {
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Conference Committee Report {
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 441 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ef6a96d-4418-433b-babe-b9d56ff7fbf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).