---
type: "Bill"
title: "Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and Renewable Energy Credits - Offshore Wind"
description: "Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and Renewable Energy Credits - Offshore Wind"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 526"
citation: "Maryland SB 526 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-28"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/182c2081-2fd8-478e-96bd-e76c522c79d3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0526?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c3f19bbd1f34f38586ff60bd360277911aefceb024bc1c0fc40aeb278f70b55a"
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 526 (2022) — Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and Renewable Energy Credits - Offshore Wind

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and Renewable Energy Credits - Offshore Wind** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_578_sb0526t.pdf)
2. **First - Electricity - Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Credits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0526f.pdf)
3. **Third - Electricity - Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Credits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0526t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **96–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Feldman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-28** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-29** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 578 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/182c2081-2fd8-478e-96bd-e76c522c79d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).