---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Energy Administration - Jane E. Lawton Conservation Loan Program and Fund and Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund"
description: "Maryland Energy Administration - Jane E. Lawton Conservation Loan Program and Fund and Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 223"
citation: "Maryland SB 223 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-25"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1ccabec-f946-4f43-8d0c-ec762a121e3a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0223?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "cdd51c610f5cd280d7964cbd5f949a641241a96c55fe95918cd81bd6e810fd89"
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 223 (2026) — Maryland Energy Administration - Jane E. Lawton Conservation Loan Program and Fund and Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Energy Administration - Jane E. Lawton Conservation Loan Program and Fund and Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_372_sb0223t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Energy Administration - Jane E. Lawton Conservation Loan Program and Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0223f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Energy Administration - Jane E. Lawton Conservation Loan Program and Fund and Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0223t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **104–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-25** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 372 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1ccabec-f946-4f43-8d0c-ec762a121e3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).