---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland"
description: "Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 468"
citation: "Maryland HB 468 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyce", "Love"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d555e3b8-ecf6-4152-b35c-4bffec4dbc54"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0468?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "87cd102bbfd81cd3f4c9e2ad11568cd0843947da7a32fcc313cea981e3c4d5b4"
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 468 (2024) — Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_950_hb0468e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0468e.pdf)
3. **First - Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0468f.pdf)
4. **Third - Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0468t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **135–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **136–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boyce — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** First Reading Economic Matters and Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 950 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d555e3b8-ecf6-4152-b35c-4bffec4dbc54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).