---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety – Solar Photovoltaic Systems – Lockout Tag Requirement and Study"
description: "Public Safety – Solar Photovoltaic Systems – Lockout Tag Requirement and Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 586"
citation: "Maryland HB 586 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Utility Regulation", "Alternative Energy Sources", "Inspections", "Labor", "Licensing", "and Regulation", "Department of", "Penalties and Sentences", "Reports", "Revenue and Taxes", "Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9fda086-75ec-4b4c-94b0-812fc4789edb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB586&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "5c1430cdf10711d257a231baaa526c3ab0615a5cb634f27cb79d7e52a1c343ea"
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 586 (2019) — Public Safety – Solar Photovoltaic Systems – Lockout Tag Requirement and Study

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0586f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-14** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-16** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Hearing 3/26 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-03** Rereferred to Finance
- **2019-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Favorable with Amendments {487370/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 279 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9fda086-75ec-4b4c-94b0-812fc4789edb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).