republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2017/sb-218.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Public Utilities - Water Companies and Sewage Disposal Companies - Rate Cases and Proceedings	Public Utilities - Water Companies and Sewage Disposal Companies - Rate Cases and Proceedings	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2017	SB 218	Maryland SB 218 (2017)	bill	Utility Regulation Disclosure Industry and Technology Prices Public Service Commission Refuse Disposal Revenue and Taxes Rules and Regulations Time Utilities Water	enacted	Middleton	1	13	2	2017-01-19	2017-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/bbccdb6f-2dba-4d1c-bb56-7e8e0aa6571b	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB218&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs	7a3373f5b6909a2db4482d8803fe12fc893ef8c42974e918fb7a17f57a00b14d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 218 (2017) — Public Utilities - Water Companies and Sewage Disposal Companies - Rate Cases and Proceedings

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third Reading — 138–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Middleton — primary (person)
• Astle — cosponsor (person)
• Benson — cosponsor (person)
• Feldman — cosponsor (person)
• Hershey — cosponsor (person)
• Jennings — cosponsor (person)
• Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
• Mathias — cosponsor (person)
• Reilly — cosponsor (person)
• Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-19 First Reading Finance referral-committee
• 2017-01-19 Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-02-01 Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-02-02 Favorable with Amendments {137474/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-02-02 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2017-02-06 Third Reading Passed (46-0) passage
• 2017-02-07 First Reading Economic Matters referral-committee
• 2017-03-27 Favorable Report by Economic Matters committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-27 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-27 Second Reading Passed
• 2017-03-28 Third Reading Passed (138-0) passage
• 2017-03-29 Returned Passed
• 2017-05-04 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 536 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bbccdb6f-2dba-4d1c-bb56-7e8e0aa6571b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).