---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electricity – Tariffs, Distributed Energy Resources, and Electric Distribution System Support Services (Distributed Renewable Integration and Vehicle Electrification (DRIVE) Act)"
description: "Electricity – Tariffs, Distributed Energy Resources, and Electric Distribution System Support Services (Distributed Renewable Integration and Vehicle Electrification (DRIVE) Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1256"
citation: "Maryland HB 1256 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fraser-Hidalgo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/693eaf98-a394-4c7b-862d-4049ab39d4d3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1256?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "80d87fffd31769b7cd9d4cd5c0e3d46bbb6a9374ac21cf122ec8ce96fe4e50ea"
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 1256 (2024) — Electricity – Tariffs, Distributed Energy Resources, and Electric Distribution System Support Services (Distributed Renewable Integration and Vehicle Electrification (DRIVE) Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Electricity – Tariffs, Distributed Energy Resources, and Electric Distribution System Support Services (Distributed Renewable Integration and Vehicle Electrification (DRIVE) Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_476_hb1256t.pdf)
2. **First - Electricity – Tariffs, Distributed Energy Resources, and Electric Distribution System Support Services (Distributed Renewable Integration and Vehicle Electrification (DRIVE) Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1256f.pdf)
3. **Third - Electricity – Tariffs, Distributed Energy Resources, and Electric Distribution System Support Services (Distributed Renewable Integration and Vehicle Electrification (DRIVE) Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1256t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **100–39** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 476 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/693eaf98-a394-4c7b-862d-4049ab39d4d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).