---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Utilities - Electric School Bus Pilot Program"
description: "Public Utilities - Electric School Bus Pilot Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 696"
citation: "Maryland HB 696 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amprey", "Barve", "Boyce", "Brooks", "Carey", "Charkoudian", "Fennell", "Foley", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Harrison", "Healey", "Holmes", "Jackson", "Jalisi", "Lehman", "Lierman", "Love", "Prettyman", "Queen", "Rogers", "Ruth", "Stein", "Stewart", "Terrasa", "Turner", "Valderrama", "Walker", "Watson", "Wells"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30a1af60-9073-445d-8f6d-bb117a6ab760"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0696?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b98a6360d0e4401988e3253712a28ccc023dd5167733231eac4bc8e2ee74d55b"
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 HB 696 (2022) — Public Utilities - Electric School Bus Pilot Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Utilities - Electric School Bus Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_570_hb0696e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Utilities - Electric School Bus Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0696e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Utilities - Electric School Bus Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0696f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Utilities - Electric School Bus Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0696t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **98–33** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **93–29** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **33–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Amprey — primary (person)
- Barve — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carey — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Jalisi — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lierman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Prettyman — primary (person)
- Queen — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)
- Walker — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First Reading Economic Matters and Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
- **2022-02-21** Hearing 2/23 at 12:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
- **2022-02-21** Hearing canceled (Economic Matters)
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 570 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30a1af60-9073-445d-8f6d-bb117a6ab760`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).