---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Utilities – Net Energy Metering"
description: "Public Utilities – Net Energy Metering"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 584"
citation: "Maryland HB 584 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bafba3aa-c7db-4bee-bfdc-e23d95a8aac3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0584?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e0063f7ea604b421f20eee7d95bef4f8ada7e8b46d0e14fd6d02a999240e3fe6"
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 584 (2021) — Public Utilities – Net Energy Metering

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Utilities – Net Energy Metering** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_624_hb0584t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Utilities – Net Energy Metering** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0584f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Utilities – Net Energy Metering** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0584t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **93–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- R. Watson — 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 2/04 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-02** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Rereferred to Finance
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 624 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bafba3aa-c7db-4bee-bfdc-e23d95a8aac3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).