republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2020/sb-281.md

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Bill	Renewable Energy Development and Siting (REDS) – Evaluations and Tax and Fee Exemptions	Renewable Energy Development and Siting (REDS) – Evaluations and Tax and Fee Exemptions	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2020	SB 281	Maryland SB 281 (2020)	bill		enacted	Administration Bailey Carozza Cassilly Eckardt Edwards Gallion Hershey President Ready Salling Serafini Simonaire West	3	14	2	2020-01-20	2020-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/358cfe05-676f-4fc4-b9ae-85ee83e15dd8	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0281?ys=2020RS&search=True	978eeb9bb5c7dabac3ef3322729a5a9b91c253e199a2744a85762646da837671	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 281 (2020) — Renewable Energy Development and Siting (REDS) – Evaluations and Tax and Fee Exemptions

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Renewable Energy Development and Siting (REDS) – Evaluations and Tax and Fee Exemptions (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Renewable Energy Development and Siting (REDS) – Evaluations and Tax and Fee Exemptions (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Renewable Energy Development and Siting (REDS) – Evaluations and Tax and Fee Exemptions (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 132–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Administration — primary (person)
• Bailey — primary (person)
• Carozza — primary (person)
• Cassilly — primary (person)
• Eckardt — primary (person)
• Edwards — primary (person)
• Gallion — primary (person)
• Hershey — primary (person)
• President — primary (person)
• Ready — primary (person)
• Salling — primary (person)
• Serafini — primary (person)
• Simonaire — primary (person)
• West — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-20 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
• 2020-01-27 Hearing canceled (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
• 2020-01-27 Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
• 2020-03-06 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-09 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-09 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2020-03-11 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-12 Referred Economic Matters referral-committee
• 2020-03-17 Favorable Report by Economic Matters committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-17 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-18 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-18 Returned Passed
• 2020-05-08 Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 544 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/358cfe05-676f-4fc4-b9ae-85ee83e15dd8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).