---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Utilities - Underground Facilities - One-Call System"
description: "Public Utilities - Underground Facilities - One-Call System"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 789"
citation: "Maryland SB 789 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ef2b9d0-e162-4f21-8c56-5b55ec96a6b6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0789?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2e21ad5588362659d07620dd40dae98850cf07c615d3cd929a16e17866750585"
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 789 (2022) — Public Utilities - Underground Facilities - One-Call System

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Utilities - Underground Facilities - One-Call System** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_436_sb0789t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Utilities – Underground Facilities – One–Call System** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0789f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Utilities - Underground Facilities - One-Call System** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0789t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Feldman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-11** 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
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 436 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ef2b9d0-e162-4f21-8c56-5b55ec96a6b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).