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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Utilities - Gas Service Regulator Safety (Flower Branch Act)"
description: "Public Utilities - Gas Service Regulator Safety (Flower Branch Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 345"
citation: "Maryland HB 345 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charkoudian"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-08-28"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7a3c5bb-5ddf-4a7b-bc78-59aff9cb3bc3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0345?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "777ceaa877901f79b2cbf90ecea47c706a7f424d28d6d696bb64b0d9e04bfd13"
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 345 (2021) — Public Utilities - Gas Service Regulator Safety (Flower Branch Act)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Public Utilities - Gas Service Regulator Safety (Flower Branch Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_263_hb0345t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Utilities - Gas Service Regulator Safety (Flower Branch Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0345f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Utilities - Gas Service Regulator Safety (Flower Branch Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0345t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **9933** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-29** Hearing 1/14 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-12** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Kipke) Adopted
- **2021-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 263 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7a3c5bb-5ddf-4a7b-bc78-59aff9cb3bc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).