---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utility Regulation - Consideration of Climate and Labor"
description: "Utility Regulation - Consideration of Climate and Labor"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "Maryland SB 83 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kramer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-19"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30b9de68-3974-48a9-bef0-e2b6b294aba3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0083?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0d5d5cd044411e30a11eb3f8dd8d904a79eb04870a127bbfe526ec25d535adb7"
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 83 (2021) — Utility Regulation - Consideration of Climate and Labor

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Utility Regulation - Consideration of Climate and Labor** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_615_sb0083t.pdf)
2. **First - Utility Regulation - Consideration of Climate and Labor** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0083f.pdf)
3. **Third - Utility Regulation - Consideration of Climate and Labor** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0083t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **31–14** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **93–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kramer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-19** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** Motion Laid Over (Senator Reilly) Adopted
- **2021-02-17** Favorable with Amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** Committee Amendment {
- **2021-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- **2021-02-19** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-02-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-25** 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 615 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30b9de68-3974-48a9-bef0-e2b6b294aba3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).