republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2021/sb-153.md

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Bill	Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Municipal Electric Utilities	Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Municipal Electric Utilities	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2021	SB 153	Maryland SB 153 (2021)	bill		enacted	Eckardt Hershey Jennings	3	13	2	2020-10-21	2021-05-18	openstates	ocd-bill/9a4158ec-0476-455a-a42e-b87b797a9005	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0153?ys=2021RS&search=True	d1889bd38b222e853fa5f116a788220fda931506c77aab88980ce06ee78c599c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 153 (2021) — Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Municipal Electric Utilities

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Municipal Electric Utilities (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Municipal Electric Utilities (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Municipal Electric Utilities (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 115–19 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Eckardt — primary (person)
• Hershey — primary (person)
• Jennings — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-10-21 Pre-filed introduction
• 2021-01-13 First Reading Finance referral-committee
• 2020-12-23 Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2021-02-26 Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-26 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-26 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2021-03-02 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-03-03 Referred Economic Matters referral-committee
• 2021-03-28 Favorable Report by Economic Matters committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-30 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-30 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-03-31 Returned Passed
• 2021-05-18 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 175 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9a4158ec-0476-455a-a42e-b87b797a9005. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).