---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electricity and Gas - Limited-Income Mechanisms and Assistance"
description: "Electricity and Gas - Limited-Income Mechanisms and Assistance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 606"
citation: "Maryland HB 606 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D.E. Davis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5d63b2d-b6ab-4a26-9b2f-68ba71474c71"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0606?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d41f4e1c8534834c104217215dd4981e577314cded40ab682a7530f3cab4c8d0"
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 606 (2021) — Electricity and Gas - Limited-Income Mechanisms and Assistance

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Electricity and Gas - Limited-Income Mechanisms and Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_638_hb0606e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Electricity and Gas - Limited-Income Mechanisms and Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0606e.pdf)
3. **First - Electricity and Gas - Limited-Income Mechanisms** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0606f.pdf)
4. **Third - Electricity and Gas - Limited-Income Mechanisms and Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0606t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **32–15** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **99–38** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **96–42** (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.
- **2021-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 638 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5d63b2d-b6ab-4a26-9b2f-68ba71474c71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).