---
type: "Bill"
title: "Common Ownership Communities - Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment (Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Act of 2024)"
description: "Common Ownership Communities - Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment (Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Act of 2024)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 159"
citation: "Maryland HB 159 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Boyce", "Foley", "Healey", "Holmes", "J. Long", "Korman", "Lehman", "Love", "Ruth", "Stein", "Stewart", "Terrasa"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-07-20"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c928a69-54d3-4fcb-96c7-3acb90bfe9da"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0159?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "70ca3e31731fa07456e8a871c36dcf25f7ba39f00c3a7dd647eaa5543a5f72b9"
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 159 (2024) — Common Ownership Communities - Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment (Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Act of 2024)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Common Ownership Communities - Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment (Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_268_hb0159e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Common Ownership Communities - Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment (Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0159e.pdf)
3. **First - Common Ownership Communities - Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment (Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0159f.pdf)
4. **Third - Common Ownership Communities - Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment (Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0159t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **37–8** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **114–23** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **105–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Korman — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-20** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-18** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-18** Hearing 2/06 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-02-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-16** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-02** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 268 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c928a69-54d3-4fcb-96c7-3acb90bfe9da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).