---
type: "Bill"
title: "Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program - Power to the People Pilot Program"
description: "Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program - Power to the People Pilot Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 846"
citation: "Maryland SB 846 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/049089a6-0ec4-4988-afb3-fc6094aaebb8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0846?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0000a422a7d1996659e96a736746b864e09bcb549feb7ecd200c3aba127a5a58"
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 846 (2021) — Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program - Power to the People Pilot Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program - Power to the People Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_454_sb0846e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program - Power to the People Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0846e.pdf)
3. **First - Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program - Power to the People Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0846f.pdf)
4. **Third - Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program - Power to the People Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0846t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **103–30** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Benson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-19** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** 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
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 454 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/049089a6-0ec4-4988-afb3-fc6094aaebb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).