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type: "Bill"
title: "Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Municipal Electric Utilities"
description: "Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Municipal Electric Utilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 153"
citation: "Maryland SB 153 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eckardt", "Hershey", "Jennings"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-21"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a4158ec-0476-455a-a42e-b87b797a9005"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0153?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d1889bd38b222e853fa5f116a788220fda931506c77aab88980ce06ee78c599c"
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 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](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_175_sb0153t.pdf)
2. **First - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Municipal Electric Utilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0153f.pdf)
3. **Third - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Municipal Electric Utilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0153t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **11519** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a4158ec-0476-455a-a42e-b87b797a9005`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).