---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Utilities - Annual Reports"
description: "Public Utilities - Annual Reports"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 578"
citation: "Maryland HB 578 (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: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/016a1e62-53e0-4ba8-858d-54a546bdbdda"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0578?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9f3461dc9ad88fd1c5c8ff45c9d4f05d9f4efea4fb86fb711cf6f192bd8fe7c6"
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 578 (2021) — Public Utilities - Annual Reports

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Utilities - Annual Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_616_hb0578t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Utilities - Annual Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0578f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Utilities - Annual Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0578t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (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
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 616 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/016a1e62-53e0-4ba8-858d-54a546bdbdda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).