---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Service Commission - Virtual Public Hearings"
description: "Public Service Commission - Virtual Public Hearings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 430"
citation: "Maryland SB 430 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c53bd369-322f-41e8-85f5-2a9d4092d315"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0430?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d62ce279b5e4a032eeb3df0ec897a964adb310e36fd0e911226a921f6b78dbf8"
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 SB 430 (2021) — Public Service Commission - Virtual Public Hearings

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Service Commission - Virtual Public Hearings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_268_sb0430t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Service Commission - Virtual Public Hearings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0430f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Service Commission - Virtual Public Hearings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0430t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-24** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-26** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-28** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 268 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c53bd369-322f-41e8-85f5-2a9d4092d315`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).