republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2018/hb-1588.md

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Bill	Zoning Amendments – Energy Generating Systems	Zoning Amendments – Energy Generating Systems	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	HB 1588	Maryland HB 1588 (2018)	bill	Local Government - Generally Utility Regulation Baltimore City Boundaries Committees and Commissions Counties Energy Matters Municipal Corporations Utilities Zoning and Planning	enacted	S. Howard	1	16	2	2018-02-09	2018-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/8ef08961-e756-4640-a5d6-35e0d524f797	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1588&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	be5e5bdf76f1feb876586b3df9e70cf81954d49c9cb9b1260053fcffdd383794	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 1588 (2018) — Zoning Amendments – Energy Generating Systems

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 136–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• S. Howard — primary (person)
• Rose — cosponsor (person)
• Saab — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-09 First Reading Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2018-02-12 Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-03-17 Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-17 Favorable with Amendments {420410/2 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-17 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-03-19 Third Reading Passed (136-1) passage
• 2018-03-19 First Reading Finance referral-committee
• 2018-03-21 Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-04-04 Favorable Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-05 Favorable committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-05 Special Order until later today (Senator Miller) Adopted
• 2018-04-05 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-05 Second Reading Passed
• 2018-04-06 Third Reading Passed (44-0) passage
• 2018-04-06 Returned Passed
• 2018-04-24 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 286 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8ef08961-e756-4640-a5d6-35e0d524f797. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).