---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Services - Office of Home Energy Programs - Power to the People Pilot Program Personnel and Uniform Redetermination Process"
description: "Human Services - Office of Home Energy Programs - Power to the People Pilot Program Personnel and Uniform Redetermination Process"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 719"
citation: "Maryland SB 719 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1325e47-157f-4f8a-841f-54c53f2a5da0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0719?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "13c16bf0bd5abddbb907cab29958bde097790f0fdd77f512bbc20d104b756551"
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 719 (2022) — Human Services - Office of Home Energy Programs - Power to the People Pilot Program Personnel and Uniform Redetermination Process

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Human Services - Office of Home Energy Programs - Power to the People Pilot Program Personnel and Uniform Redetermination Process** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_666_sb0719t.pdf)
2. **First - Human Services – Office of Home Energy Programs – Uniform Redetermination Process** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0719f.pdf)
3. **Third - Human Services - Office of Home Energy Programs - Power to the People Pilot Program Personnel and Uniform Redetermination Process** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0719t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **97–39** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Benson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 666 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1325e47-157f-4f8a-841f-54c53f2a5da0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).