---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council - Membership, Duties, and Sunset Repeal"
description: "Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council - Membership, Duties, and Sunset Repeal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 451"
citation: "Maryland HB 451 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyce", "Foley", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Holmes", "Odom", "Solomon", "Stein", "Wolek"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2efddc39-bf43-416b-89f3-40192db8b7b9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0451?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "7ee8e998efaf6e38d4b200da78902e3e7d89049b2b74c7f139b92b9a18dca5ce"
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 451 (2026) — Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council - Membership, Duties, and Sunset Repeal

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council - Membership, Duties, and Sunset Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_540_hb0451e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council - Membership, Duties, and Sunset Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0451e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council – Reporting and Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0451f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council - Membership, Duties, and Sunset Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0451t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **95–38** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **33–10** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **91–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boyce — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Odom — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Wolek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-13** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 540 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2efddc39-bf43-416b-89f3-40192db8b7b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).