---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric Cooperatives - Powers - Conducting or Communications Facilities"
description: "Electric Cooperatives - Powers - Conducting or Communications Facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 634"
citation: "Maryland SB 634 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utility Regulation", "Easements", "Equipment", "Federal Government", "Grants", "Hearings", "Industry and Technology", "Internet", "Notices", "Public Service Commission", "Real Property", "Rules and Regulations", "Telecommunications and Information Technology", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eckardt and Hershey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50efaf2f-f63e-477c-91b8-c54161816759"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB634&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "19b165f07e0e8d1e2576d0fb500e5ce02a572014979d70885e568b29572a3f6a"
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 634 (2019) — Electric Cooperatives - Powers - Conducting or Communications Facilities

## 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/sb/sb0634f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eckardt and Hershey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Favorable with Amendments {167677/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Laid Over (Senator Zirkin) Adopted
- **2019-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {167677/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-15** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-15** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {433892/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (137-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 277 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50efaf2f-f63e-477c-91b8-c54161816759`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).