---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric Cooperatives - Meetings - Alterations"
description: "Electric Cooperatives - Meetings - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 561"
citation: "Maryland SB 561 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eckardt", "Hershey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f76066b9-d364-459b-b036-0b7b1d2d8fe6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0561?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c1a13b6fb3ffb22193a8d01ab3819b57fa89ac54343bf148783d199bfa84c816"
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 561 (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_274_sb0561t.pdf)
2. **First - Electric Cooperatives - Meetings - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0561f.pdf)
3. **Third - Electric Cooperatives - Meetings - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0561t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Hearing 2/16 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-01-29** Reassigned to Finance
- **2021-01-29** Hearing canceled
- **2021-01-31** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-11** 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 274 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f76066b9-d364-459b-b036-0b7b1d2d8fe6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).