---
type: "Bill"
title: "Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program - Power to the People Pilot Program"
description: "Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program - Power to the People Pilot Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 969"
citation: "Maryland HB 969 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94b7ed17-2d52-44d9-9a82-0bb3f9389b90"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0969?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "892b5a9338d044739dd86f76933605c4e97e33911fbf8bc8634eb65ad9502269"
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 969 (2021) — Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program - Power to the People Pilot Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program - Power to the People Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_453_hb0969t.pdf)
2. **First - Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program - Power to the People Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0969f.pdf)
3. **Third - Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program - Power to the People Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0969t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **101–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Hearing 2/11 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-24** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-02** 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
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 453 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94b7ed17-2d52-44d9-9a82-0bb3f9389b90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).