---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utility Account Holders - Victims of Abuse - Protections"
description: "Utility Account Holders - Victims of Abuse - Protections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 630"
citation: "Maryland HB 630 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charkoudian", "Palakovich Carr", "Queen", "Schmidt", "Simpson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a751bf63-0c36-4af0-9404-d68a31b981c3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0630?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2d8cc519bd3f7f31dcff35bd1d38736a5b26183cc5b275eba965f80db1ff3ff0"
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 630 (2023) — Utility Account Holders - Victims of Abuse - Protections

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Utility Account Holders - Victims of Abuse - Protections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_566_hb0630e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Utility Account Holders - Victims of Abuse - Protections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0630e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Utilities - Primary and Secondary Account Holders - Domestic Violence Protections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0630f.pdf)
4. **Third - Utility Account Holders - Victims of Abuse - Protections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0630t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Queen — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-07** 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 566 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a751bf63-0c36-4af0-9404-d68a31b981c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).