---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of General Services - Energy-Conserving Standards (Maryland Sustainable Buildings Act of 2023)"
description: "Department of General Services - Energy-Conserving Standards (Maryland Sustainable Buildings Act of 2023)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6"
citation: "Maryland HB 6 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Cullison", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "Lopez", "Martinez", "Pena-Melnyk", "R. Lewis", "Rosenberg", "S. Johnson", "Taveras", "White", "Woods"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-10-27"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8db3c70-a0cc-4d13-8086-cf39dfe1ec08"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0006?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "cb9bedcd65b992c797de84072e46dfef88fb96911d1ffcd18cc5671475c1c90b"
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 6 (2023) — Department of General Services - Energy-Conserving Standards (Maryland Sustainable Buildings Act of 2023)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of General Services - Energy-Conserving Standards (Maryland Sustainable Buildings Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_581_hb0006e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Department of General Services - Energy-Conserving Standards (Maryland Sustainable Buildings Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0006e.pdf)
3. **First - Department of General Services – Energy–Conserving Standards (Maryland Sustainable Buildings Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0006f.pdf)
4. **Third - Department of General Services - Energy-Conserving Standards (Maryland Sustainable Buildings Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0006t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-10-27** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Health and Government Operations and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Hearing 2/08 at 2:30 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **2023-01-26** Hearing 2/08 at 2:30 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) and Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2023-01-26** Hearing 2/08 at 2:30 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) and Hearing canceled (Appropriations)
- **2023-02-08** Hearing canceled (Health and Government Operations) and Hearing canceled (Appropriations)
- **2023-02-08** Hearing 2/08 at 2:25 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) and Hearing canceled (Appropriations)
- **2023-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Motion Special Order until 4/10 (Senator Augustine) Adopted
- **2023-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 581 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8db3c70-a0cc-4d13-8086-cf39dfe1ec08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).