--- type: "Bill" title: "Electricity and Gas - Retail Supply - Regulation and Consumer Protection" description: "Electricity and Gas - Retail Supply - Regulation and Consumer Protection" jurisdiction: "us/states/md" legislature: "Maryland General Assembly" session: "2024" identifier: "SB 1" citation: "Maryland SB 1 (2024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Augustine"] version_count: 4 action_count: 53 vote_count: 16 first_action: "2023-10-11" last_action: "2024-05-09" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13949539-edc4-43db-b00b-f3da8075c037" source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0001?ys=2024RS&search=True" source_hash: "57f1126ecc3bd0ce937d25105c6cb564ae7da8e003619a1d9a36f9fa8351f0c0" 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 1 (2024) — Electricity and Gas - Retail Supply - Regulation and Consumer Protection ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Chapter - Electricity and Gas - Retail Supply - Regulation and Consumer Protection** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_537_sb0001e.pdf) 2. **Enrolled - Electricity and Gas - Retail Supply - Regulation and Consumer Protection** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0001e.pdf) 3. **First - Electricity and Gas - Retail Supply - Regulation and Consumer Protection** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0001f.pdf) 4. **Third - Electricity and Gas - Retail Supply - Regulation and Consumer Protection** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0001t.pdf) ## Votes - FLA Del. Fisher /463724/1 — **38–98** (fail) · lower - On Third Reading (Amend) — **99–39** (pass) · lower - Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **32–15** (pass) · upper - Floor Amendment Hershey /883524/1 — **16–28** (fail) · upper - Floor Amendment Mautz /403725/1 — **16–27** (fail) · upper - FLA Del. Buckel /593729/1 — **37–100** (fail) · lower - Floor Amendment Hershey /683423/1 — **16–28** (fail) · upper - On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **96–39** (pass) · lower - Floor Amendment Ready /303328/1 — **15–30** (fail) · upper - Floor Amendment Mautz /913724/1 — **15–30** (fail) · upper - FLA Del. Chisholm /693721/1 — **38–100** (fail) · lower - On Third Reading — **33–14** (pass) · upper - FLA Del. Buckel /803127/1 — **38–98** (fail) · lower - FLA Del. Chisholm /913220/1 — **38–98** (fail) · lower - Conference Committee Report - Adoption — **30–15** (pass) · upper - FLA Del. Chisholm /873028/1 — **38–101** (fail) · lower ## Sponsors - Augustine — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-10-11** Pre-filed `introduction` - **2024-01-10** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee` - **2024-01-15** Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m. - **2024-01-17** Hearing canceled - **2024-01-17** Hearing 1/25 at 2:00 p.m. - **2024-01-25** Hearing canceled - **2024-01-25** Hearing 1/25 at 1:30 p.m. - **2024-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-03-05** Committee Amendment Adopted - **2024-03-05** Motion Special Order until 3/6 (Senator Hershey) Adopted - **2024-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-03-06** Floor Amendment { - **2024-03-06** Floor Amendment { - **2024-03-06** Floor Amendment { - **2024-03-06** Floor Amendment { - **2024-03-06** Floor Amendment { - **2024-03-06** Floor Amendment { - **2024-03-06** Floor Amendment { - **2024-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments - **2024-03-08** Third Reading Passed `passage` - **2024-03-11** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee` - **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. - **2024-03-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-03-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments - **2024-03-29** Floor Amendment { - **2024-03-29** Floor Amendment { - **2024-03-29** Floor Amendment { - **2024-03-29** Floor Amendment { - **2024-03-29** Floor Amendment { - **2024-03-29** Floor Amendment { - **2024-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage` - **2024-04-05** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments - **2024-04-05** Senate Requests House Recede - **2024-04-05** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Augustine, Feldman and Gallion) - **2024-04-08** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments - **2024-04-08** Senate Requests House Recede - **2024-04-08** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Augustine, Feldman and Gallion) - **2024-04-08** House Refuses Recede - **2024-04-08** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Qi, Fraser-Hidalgo and Wilson) - **2024-04-08** House Refuses Recede - **2024-04-08** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Qi, Fraser-Hidalgo and Wilson) - **2024-04-08** Conference Committee Report { - **2024-04-08** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Hershey) Rejected - **2024-04-08** Conference Committee Report { - **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage` - **2024-04-08** Conference Committee Report { - **2024-04-08** Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Wilson) Adopted - **2024-04-08** Conference Committee Report { - **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage` - **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled - **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 537 `executive-signature` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13949539-edc4-43db-b00b-f3da8075c037`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).