---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric Vehicle Fuel Sold at Retail - Equipment Requirements, Units of Measure, and Fees"
description: "Electric Vehicle Fuel Sold at Retail - Equipment Requirements, Units of Measure, and Fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 649"
citation: "Maryland SB 649 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcb2682e-223a-4583-a0d0-01e449abcbeb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0649?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "052d82e881d1e5101876bc01ef87309973f0b7a8270574ffd1432c9be28b1f83"
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 649 (2026) — Electric Vehicle Fuel Sold at Retail - Equipment Requirements, Units of Measure, and Fees

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Electric Vehicle Fuel Sold at Retail - Equipment Requirements, Units of Measure, and Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_280_sb0649t.pdf)
2. **First - Electric Vehicle Fuel Sold at Retail - Equipment Requirements, Units of Measure, Sales Price, and Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0649f.pdf)
3. **Third - Electric Vehicle Fuel Sold at Retail - Equipment Requirements, Units of Measure, and Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0649t.pdf)

## Votes

- FLA Del. Hornberger /693728/1 — **38–94** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **29–11** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **95–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hettleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** Rereferred to Environment and Transportation
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 280 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcb2682e-223a-4583-a0d0-01e449abcbeb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).