---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Service Commission – Reporting Requirements"
description: "Public Service Commission – Reporting Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 257"
citation: "Maryland SB 257 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-14"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e51599e1-5651-4620-8395-81bdfcd680b4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0257?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6e49a7b80033ff32fd42a6edc41d36ec7b96a543cac6a150a25a78ff1d808b88"
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 257 (2022) — Public Service Commission – Reporting Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Service Commission – Reporting Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_439_sb0257t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Service Commission – Reporting Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0257f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Service Commission – Reporting Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0257t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-14** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-17** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-14** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-02-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 439 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e51599e1-5651-4620-8395-81bdfcd680b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).