---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electricity - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Tier 2 Renewable Sources, Qualifying Biomass, and Compliance Fees"
description: "Electricity - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Tier 2 Renewable Sources, Qualifying Biomass, and Compliance Fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 65"
citation: "Maryland SB 65 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-10-30"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ca470f2-4171-44d4-903b-a749b8b0d304"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0065?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a93a933bb6195da0908d45db86ed4040c00d4474c1abd4fd6afd68da0390ca34"
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 65 (2021) — Electricity - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Tier 2 Renewable Sources, Qualifying Biomass, and Compliance Fees

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Electricity - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Tier 2 Renewable Sources, Qualifying Biomass, and Compliance Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_673_sb0065e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Electricity - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Tier 2 Renewable Sources, Qualifying Biomass, and Compliance Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0065e.pdf)
3. **First - Electricity - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Qualifying Biomass** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0065f.pdf)
4. **Third - Electricity - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Qualifying Biomass** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0065t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **94–40** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **32–15** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment Hough /463925/1 — **16–30** (fail) · upper
- On third reading — **33–11** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment Carozza /573228/1 — **15–30** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **96–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** Motion Laid Over (Senator King) Adopted
- **2021-02-05** Favorable with Amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Committee Amendment {
- **2021-02-05** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-02-05** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-02-05** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-02-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-11** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-07** Motion Special Order until 04/10 (Delegate D.E. Davis) Adopted
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2021-04-12** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Feldman, Augustine and Hershey)
- **2021-04-12** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2021-04-12** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Feldman, Augustine and Hershey)
- **2021-04-12** House Refuses Recede
- **2021-04-12** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates D.E. Davis, Dumais and Brooks)
- **2021-04-12** House Refuses Recede
- **2021-04-12** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates D.E. Davis, Dumais and Brooks)
- **2021-04-12** Conference Committee Report {
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Conference Committee Report {
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 673 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ca470f2-4171-44d4-903b-a749b8b0d304`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).