---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy Storage Systems - Income Tax Credit and Grant Program"
description: "Energy Storage Systems - Income Tax Credit and Grant Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 215"
citation: "Maryland SB 215 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-10-05"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a28b7149-785b-42c3-90af-03b6affc51a4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0215?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "55edc8119a9d9224fdc9b4ac57508636e3f66ca52c78b9b51fd9d3d008cc2e20"
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 215 (2022) — Energy Storage Systems - Income Tax Credit and Grant Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Energy Storage Systems - Income Tax Credit and Grant Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_246_sb0215e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Energy Storage Systems - Income Tax Credit and Grant Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0215e.pdf)
3. **First - Income Tax – Energy Storage Tax Credit – Alterations and Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0215f.pdf)
4. **Third - Income Tax – Energy Storage Tax Credit – Alterations and Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0215t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Thiam /303527/1 — **47–82** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **107–28** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-05** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Hearing 1/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-01-31** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-01** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-01** Motion Special Order until 2/2 (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
- **2022-02-02** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-02-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-07** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-07** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 246 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a28b7149-785b-42c3-90af-03b6affc51a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).