---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Electricians Act - Revisions"
description: "Maryland Electricians Act - Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 149"
citation: "Maryland HB 149 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hornberger"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0abeede-691d-4e72-9943-24164b9e729a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0149?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1f9b43e3551294a7f80ce7c3b33d6cf05b27b0c493c17c4afd5278473e36c9cc"
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 149 (2023) — Maryland Electricians Act - Revisions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Electricians Act - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_187_hb0149t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Electricians Act - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0149f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Electricians Act - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0149t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hornberger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-08** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-09** Hearing canceled
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 187 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0abeede-691d-4e72-9943-24164b9e729a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).