---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act)"
description: "Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1035"
citation: "Maryland HB 1035 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Speaker", "Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29f63b72-6047-4d94-b06f-e2c979084b2d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1035?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d341c7c0007420a84b2359ea155f91d54b2719e7fac0b533061c6ecd3d19a020"
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 1035 (2025) — Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_626_hb1035t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Utilities - Electricity Generation Planning - Procurement, Permitting, and Co-Location (Next Generation Energy Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1035f.pdf)
3. **Third - Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1035t.pdf)

## Votes

- FLA Del. Morgan, T. /293920/1 — **36–96** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Buckel /443825/1 — **36–97** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Szeliga /653521/1 — **38–95** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Griffith /313623/1 — **36–93** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Buckel /493727/1 — **36–95** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **34–8** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **96–40** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Miller /473928/1 — **37–95** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Szeliga /903921/1 — **38–96** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Chisholm /383524/1 — **36–95** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Speaker — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Hearing 2/28 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Motion Special Order until 04/04 (Delegate Crosby) Adopted
- **2025-04-04** Floor Amendment {
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- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-05** Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment
- **2025-04-07** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 626 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29f63b72-6047-4d94-b06f-e2c979084b2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).