---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure - Requirements (Electric Vehicle Charging Reliability Act)"
description: "Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure - Requirements (Electric Vehicle Charging Reliability Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 834"
citation: "Maryland HB 834 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barve", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Reznik", "Terrasa"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6544caa1-ff01-41b4-883b-e518b8f0ec64"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0834?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f2eea0ff750ea830020011a0068a2422949aaaee5122f5144aba594ec5930929"
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 834 (2023) — Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure - Requirements (Electric Vehicle Charging Reliability Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure - Requirements (Electric Vehicle Charging Reliability Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_569_hb0834e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure - Requirements (Electric Vehicle Charging Reliability Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0834e.pdf)
3. **First - Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure - Requirements (Electric Vehicle Charging Reliability Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0834f.pdf)
4. **Third - Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure - Requirements (Electric Vehicle Charging Reliability Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0834t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Barve — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Reznik — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** First Reading Economic Matters and Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
- **2023-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** 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 569 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6544caa1-ff01-41b4-883b-e518b8f0ec64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).