---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electricity - Tariffs, Distributed Energy Resources, and Electric Distribution System Support Services (Distributed Renewable Integration and Vehicle Electrification (DRIVE) Act)"
description: "Electricity - Tariffs, Distributed Energy Resources, and Electric Distribution System Support Services (Distributed Renewable Integration and Vehicle Electrification (DRIVE) Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 959"
citation: "Maryland SB 959 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0f28014-f774-4b75-8df7-2694d829c31c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0959?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3125986a3a938ade41ebf871b07a96802025898c83c855a91e20e5ae9482cad4"
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 959 (2024) — Electricity - Tariffs, Distributed Energy Resources, and Electric Distribution System Support Services (Distributed Renewable Integration and Vehicle Electrification (DRIVE) Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Electricity - Tariffs, Distributed Energy Resources, and Electric Distribution System Support Services (Distributed Renewable Integration and Vehicle Electrification (DRIVE) Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_475_sb0959t.pdf)
2. **First - Electricity - Tariffs, Distributed Energy Resources, and Electric Distribution System Support Services (Distributed Renewable Integration and Vehicle Electrification (DRIVE) Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0959f.pdf)
3. **Third - Electricity - Tariffs, Distributed Energy Resources, and Electric Distribution System Support Services (Distributed Renewable Integration and Vehicle Electrification (DRIVE) Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0959t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **99–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Feldman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 475 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0f28014-f774-4b75-8df7-2694d829c31c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).