---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Service Commission - Virtual Public Hearings"
description: "Public Service Commission - Virtual Public Hearings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 556"
citation: "Maryland HB 556 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D.E. Davis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e86051d4-5f21-463a-93a4-0b11a187c36a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0556?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "45aca508731eb75dd4f867d87a4f5e3e046c6f8fdcd29d509b59e896a4b925be"
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 556 (2021) — Public Service Commission - Virtual Public Hearings

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Service Commission - Virtual Public Hearings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_267_hb0556t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Service Commission - Virtual Public Hearings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0556f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Service Commission - Virtual Public Hearings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0556t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D.E. Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Hearing 1/29 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-10** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 267 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e86051d4-5f21-463a-93a4-0b11a187c36a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).