---
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: "SB 508"
citation: "Maryland SB 508 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peters"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1110a7cf-a651-4718-a323-803957868b0a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0508?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a2916998dd372346634b97f1440f417fb5b07cf9e7160a9b7ccc28b56ad0c792"
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 508 (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_625_sb0508t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Utilities - Net Energy Metering** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0508f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Utilities - Net Energy Metering** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0508t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **95–40** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Peters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-24** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 625 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1110a7cf-a651-4718-a323-803957868b0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).