---
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: "SB 532"
citation: "Maryland SB 532 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallion"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0313ca7-6ce3-403a-adb7-a1d6c4b67760"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0532?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3df745eb54de6fc4191cec6c06e3e9ed9b2f2692169396328c9880dd02fa134d"
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 532 (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_949_sb0532e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Commission to Advance Lithium–Ion Battery Safety in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0532e.pdf)
3. **First - Commission to Advance Lithium–Ion Battery Safety in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0532f.pdf)
4. **Third - Commission to Advance Lithium–Ion Battery Safety in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0532t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gallion — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Referred Economic Matters Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 949 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0313ca7-6ce3-403a-adb7-a1d6c4b67760`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).