---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Utilities - Investor-Owned Utilities - Prevailing Wage"
description: "Public Utilities - Investor-Owned Utilities - Prevailing Wage"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 95"
citation: "Maryland SB 95 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kramer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-05"
last_action: "2021-12-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e63952cf-c978-4b75-9a13-3790f1b384e2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0095?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9a4c1dcdb80604abb904287faded834c0e2aa775363dbc6793bbc8ff2db07351"
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 95 (2021) — Public Utilities - Investor-Owned Utilities - Prevailing Wage

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Utilities - Investor-Owned Utilities - Prevailing Wage** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/Ch_12_sb0095t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Utilities - Investor-Owned Utilities - Prevailing Wage** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0095f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Utilities - Investor-Owned Utilities - Prevailing Wage** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0095t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **31–15** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **93–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kramer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-05** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-12** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** Motion Special Order until 2/17 (Senator Cassilly) Adopted
- **2021-02-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-02-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-19** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-28** Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) `executive-veto`
- **2021-12-06** Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-12-07** Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-12-07** Became law per Maryland Constitution, Chapter 12 of 2021 Special Session `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e63952cf-c978-4b75-9a13-3790f1b384e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).