---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)"
description: "Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 931"
citation: "Maryland SB 931 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33f624de-c7ad-48dc-8fb9-45e722850e6f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0931?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "eb21d8327a9dd73037cc983e36160c40e9b5d08885bd01fdd0e06a84ca725caf"
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 931 (2025) — Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_623_sb0931e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0931e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0931f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0931t.pdf)

## Votes

- Floor Amendment Mautz /743821/1 — **11–25** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading — **35–11** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **33–10** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment Hershey /963629/1 — **12–27** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **97–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Feldman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Hearing 2/28 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2025-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Motion Laid Over (Senator Feldman) Adopted
- **2025-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-04-01** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-04-01** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Rereferred to Economic Matters
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Motion Special Order until 04/04 (Delegate Crosby) Adopted
- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 623 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33f624de-c7ad-48dc-8fb9-45e722850e6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).