---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Utilities - Water and Sewage Disposal Companies - Acquisition"
description: "Public Utilities - Water and Sewage Disposal Companies - Acquisition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1566"
citation: "Maryland HB 1566 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utility Regulation", "Appraisals", "Assessments", "Commerce and Business", "Construction", "Fees", "Mergers and Acquisitions", "Prices", "Public Service Commission", "Sewage", "Time", "Utilities", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["W. Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9892a74e-5f4c-4ce1-8391-c50b1ae33c5b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1566&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "0b0a6a42728de05da23248180d2b6cc040e36150a5879c77bdd81eb8ac5c4e7a"
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 1566 (2018) — Public Utilities - Water and Sewage Disposal Companies - Acquisition

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1566f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- W. Miller — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Arentz — cosponsor (person)
- Aumann — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Carey — cosponsor (person)
- Clippinger — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Impallaria — cosponsor (person)
- Jameson — cosponsor (person)
- Lisanti — cosponsor (person)
- Mautz — cosponsor (person)
- S. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments {203494/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-03** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 219 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9892a74e-5f4c-4ce1-8391-c50b1ae33c5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).