---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Service Commission – Cybersecurity Staffing and Assessments (Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Act of 2023)"
description: "Public Service Commission – Cybersecurity Staffing and Assessments (Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Act of 2023)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 969"
citation: "Maryland HB 969 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Qi"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13f4336e-3e4f-4f5c-b1ee-e9444ea01e11"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0969?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "de0e17475652506ae5df24b9ab584619aeac6492ea7d260ae2f385ab85fa5bee"
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 969 (2023) — Public Service Commission – Cybersecurity Staffing and Assessments (Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Act of 2023)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Service Commission – Cybersecurity Staffing and Assessments (Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_499_hb0969e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Service Commission – Cybersecurity Staffing and Assessments (Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0969e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Service Commission – Cybersecurity Staffing and Assessments (Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0969f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Service Commission – Cybersecurity Staffing and Assessments (Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0969t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Qi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** First Reading Economic Matters and Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
- **2023-02-14** Hearing canceled (Economic Matters)
- **2023-02-14** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
- **2023-03-18** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 499 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13f4336e-3e4f-4f5c-b1ee-e9444ea01e11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).