---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)"
description: "Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1036"
citation: "Maryland HB 1036 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crosby", "Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9ec6b82-6605-49bd-9bae-71f19601567e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1036?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1ff0860c8e4f309c40a3482cc94a8d7b1b4f987a1882c2d4738e77a5e8922feb"
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 1036 (2025) — Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_624_hb1036t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1036f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1036t.pdf)

## Votes

- FLA Del. Ghrist /693126/1 — **38–97** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **35–11** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Ghrist /113822/1 — **38–98** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **97–40** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Ghrist /213622/1 — **39–98** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Chisholm /983526/1 — **40–95** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Ghrist /823823/1 — **39–95** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crosby — 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 {
- **2025-04-04** Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate J. Lewis) Adopted
- **2025-04-04** Floor Amendment (Delegate Ghrist) Rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-04** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-04-04** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-04-04** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-04-04** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-05** Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate J. Lewis) Adopted
- **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 624 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9ec6b82-6605-49bd-9bae-71f19601567e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).