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type: "Bill"
title: "Electricity - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems - Net Energy Metering and Generating Capacity"
description: "Electricity - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems - Net Energy Metering and Generating Capacity"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 440"
citation: "Maryland HB 440 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clippinger"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acd9196c-3435-4bb3-b53d-ad95504bb722"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0440?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ed8bd231226b050aaae03b2fe3eec33efb0d2e56ac960dc142c6917de16e41a1"
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 440 (2022) — Electricity - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems - Net Energy Metering and Generating Capacity
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Electricity - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems - Net Energy Metering and Generating Capacity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_581_hb0440t.pdf)
2. **First - Electricity Community Solar Energy Generating Systems Generating Capacity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0440f.pdf)
3. **Third - Electricity - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems - Net Energy Metering and Generating Capacity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0440t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **3314** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **9040** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Clippinger — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-20** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-21** Hearing 2/23 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-21** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 581 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acd9196c-3435-4bb3-b53d-ad95504bb722`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).