---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electricity – Change of Address – Maintenance of Subscriptions and Contracts"
description: "Electricity – Change of Address – Maintenance of Subscriptions and Contracts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 79"
citation: "Maryland SB 79 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kramer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-10-27"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/999fa040-a224-4d23-9ad9-7da562a11b42"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0079?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5ae19f68cd7345cb97890e1a1fc7803f181bc8d649f1b18ac6ebe73d75628079"
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 79 (2021) — Electricity – Change of Address – Maintenance of Subscriptions and Contracts

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Electricity – Change of Address – Maintenance of Subscriptions and Contracts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_266_sb0079e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Electricity – Change of Address – Maintenance of Subscriptions and Contracts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0079e.pdf)
3. **First - Electricity – Change of Address – Maintenance of Subscriptions and Contracts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0079f.pdf)
4. **Third - Electricity – Change of Address – Maintenance of Subscriptions and Contracts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0079t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kramer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-27** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 266 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/999fa040-a224-4d23-9ad9-7da562a11b42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).