---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment - Water - Individual Submeters"
description: "Environment - Water - Individual Submeters"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 220"
citation: "Maryland HB 220 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charkoudian", "Guyton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-10-30"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b2384b1-09cb-4216-8119-e36f75bb2d19"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0220?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "9cf423f81162ab0998f95e3355124979c9a4d17d17e605800b49e71244155019"
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 220 (2026) — Environment - Water - Individual Submeters

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Environment - Water - Individual Submeters** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_262_hb0220t.pdf)
2. **First - Environment - Water - Individual Unit Meters** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0220f.pdf)
3. **Third - Environment - Water - Individual Submeters** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0220t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **31–11** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **95–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Motion Special Order until 2/18 (Delegate Buckel) Adopted
- **2026-02-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 262 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b2384b1-09cb-4216-8119-e36f75bb2d19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).