---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland - Reestablishment"
description: "Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland - Reestablishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 833"
citation: "Maryland HB 833 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Boyce", "Jacobs", "Odom", "Stein"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44201c3e-19a0-4050-bfb6-66facf1cce71"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0833?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "defeb6bb899a88940db5eee9bdca03a5acab5b7131d4eab65449aaf0b0c1ad70"
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 833 (2026) — Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland - Reestablishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland - Reestablishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_251_hb0833t.pdf)
2. **First - Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland - Reestablishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0833f.pdf)
3. **Third - Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland - Reestablishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0833t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **129–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Odom — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 251 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44201c3e-19a0-4050-bfb6-66facf1cce71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).