---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric Cooperatives – Meetings – Alterations"
description: "Electric Cooperatives – Meetings – Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 648"
citation: "Maryland HB 648 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd8c103a-6c6d-4d85-9320-9d95a58b1093"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0648?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4b20d71b5725fc7b7aa6a475751e40c8df4a451d653818b00eafdb539e3e7703"
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 648 (2021) — Electric Cooperatives – Meetings – Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Electric Cooperatives – Meetings – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_273_hb0648t.pdf)
2. **First - Electric Cooperatives – Meetings – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0648f.pdf)
3. **Third - Electric Cooperatives – Meetings – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0648t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Hearing 2/11 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 273 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd8c103a-6c6d-4d85-9320-9d95a58b1093`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).