---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Systems - Systems Located on or Over Water Retention Ponds, Quarries, or Brownfields"
description: "Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Systems - Systems Located on or Over Water Retention Ponds, Quarries, or Brownfields"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1111"
citation: "Maryland HB 1111 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fraser-Hidalgo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b6cd35c-f354-4c2d-aeb8-a5b072d8912d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1111?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "af8873313798a1fa792c3c0b965ae50446f08bb5f3414c5bb50cd58a8ab21a1a"
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 1111 (2025) — Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Systems - Systems Located on or Over Water Retention Ponds, Quarries, or Brownfields

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Systems - Systems Located on or Over Water Retention Ponds, Quarries, or Brownfields** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_458_hb1111t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Systems - Floating Systems and Systems Located on Brownfields** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1111f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Systems - Systems Located on or Over Water Retention Ponds, Quarries, or Brownfields** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1111t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **101–37** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Szeliga /153322/1 — **38–96** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-15** Motion Special Order until 03/17 (Delegate Szeliga) Adopted
- **2025-03-17** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-07** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 458 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b6cd35c-f354-4c2d-aeb8-a5b072d8912d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).