---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Related Approvals - Definition of Generating Station (Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024)"
description: "Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Related Approvals - Definition of Generating Station (Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 474"
citation: "Maryland SB 474 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "Augustine", "Bailey", "Beidle", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Charles", "Corderman", "Ferguson", "Folden", "Gallion", "Hershey", "Hettleman", "Lam", "McKay", "President", "Ready", "Rosapepe", "Waldstreicher", "West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c0a3916-fbd8-41e6-ba05-947d6aceef59"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0474?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1b345cf6d5660657a9453c63c7bc7e404d57e602a238c1ce07bd61c2d0294299"
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 474 (2024) — Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Related Approvals - Definition of Generating Station (Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Related Approvals - Definition of Generating Station (Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_411_sb0474e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Related Approvals - Definition of Generating Station (Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0474e.pdf)
3. **First - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Related Approvals - Definition of Generating Station (Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0474f.pdf)
4. **Third - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Related Approvals - Definition of Generating Station (Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0474t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–3** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Administration — primary (person)
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Bailey — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Ferguson — primary (person)
- Folden — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 411 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c0a3916-fbd8-41e6-ba05-947d6aceef59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).