---
type: "Bill"
title: "Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022"
description: "Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 528"
citation: "Maryland SB 528 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Carter", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Feldman", "Ferguson", "Guzzone", "Hayes", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Kagan", "Kelley", "King", "Kramer", "Lam", "Lee", "Patterson", "Pinsky", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "Washington", "Watson", "Young", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 64
vote_count: 36
first_action: "2022-01-28"
last_action: "2022-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17ab8d0f-c82e-46d9-8f77-13da5dc7f9ba"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0528?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6b4ae250e03a9be39867e6a77c6bd962ab89133a2f88987750703035337959ab"
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 528 (2022) — Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_38_sb0528e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0528e.pdf)
3. **First - Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0528f.pdf)
4. **Third - Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0528t.pdf)

## Votes

- FLA Del. Mangione /313026/1 — **43–91** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Krebs /543829/1 — **39–94** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Buckel /333925/1 — **36–93** (fail) · lower
- On third reading — **32–15** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **95–42** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Griffith /843126/1 — **39–95** (fail) · lower
- Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 Question Is: Will the senate concur in the House amendments? — **31–15** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Buckel /153323/1 — **40–92** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Shoemaker /903627/1 — **41–92** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Hartman /183423/1 — **40–91** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Rose /133728/1 — **45–92** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Mautz /393629/1 — **40–89** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Metzgar /953822/1 — **41–93** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Fisher, M. /563124/1 — **41–94** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Fisher, M. /483023/1 — **42–89** (fail) · lower
- Floor Amendment Gallion /343227/1 — **16–31** (fail) · upper
- FLA Del. Chisholm /883621/1 — **45–92** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Morgan /683920/1 — **43–89** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Shoemaker /353329/1 — **38–93** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Szeliga /583320/1 — **40–95** (fail) · lower
- Floor Amendment Cassilly /323524/1 — **15–29** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading — **32–15** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment Simonaire /153924/1 — **5–42** (fail) · upper
- Floor Amendment Hershey /553425/1 — **19–26** (fail) · upper
- Floor Amendment Beidle /703826/1 — **23–22** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment Hershey /273125/1 — **16–31** (fail) · upper
- Floor Amendment Simonaire /523124/1 — **20–27** (fail) · upper
- Floor Amendment Salling /303926/1 — **17–28** (fail) · upper
- Floor Amendment Simonaire /623126/1 — **2–43** (fail) · upper
- Floor Amendment Salling /403922/1 — **15–29** (fail) · upper
- Floor Amendment Rosapepe /923322/1 — **30–14** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment Edwards /463924/1 — **15–27** (fail) · upper
- Floor Amendment Hershey /373723/1 — **17–27** (fail) · upper
- Floor Amendment Bailey /743628/1 — **16–28** (fail) · upper
- Floor Amendment Ready /233020/1 — **19–26** (fail) · upper
- Floor Amendment Carozza /103428/1 — **12–27** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Ferguson — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Pinsky — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-28** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
- **2022-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Motion Laid Over (Senator Pinsky) Adopted
- **2022-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-10** Committee Amendment Adopted
- **2022-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-17** Referred Environment and Transportation Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
- **2022-03-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2022-03-29** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2022-03-29** Third Reading Passed with Amendments `passage`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-03-30** Motion Special Order until 3/31 (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- **2022-03-31** Senate Concurs House Amendments (31-15)
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed (32-15) `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-04-09** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 38 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17ab8d0f-c82e-46d9-8f77-13da5dc7f9ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).