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Bill	Public Utilities - Solar Energy Systems and Programs, Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund, and Prevailing Wage (Brighter Tomorrow Act)	Public Utilities - Solar Energy Systems and Programs, Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund, and Prevailing Wage (Brighter Tomorrow Act)	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2024	SB 783	Maryland SB 783 (2024)	bill		enacted	Augustine Beidle Brooks Elfreth Feldman Guzzone Hester Hettleman Kagan	4	17	3	2024-02-01	2024-05-09	openstates	ocd-bill/b2051975-5dbe-4b0f-816f-decd748bb81b	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0783?ys=2024RS&search=True	31a47ec45bfe010fb5f4a3889beabc3036d0ad18ba0092330ad7776ee3e03d9a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 783 (2024) — Public Utilities - Solar Energy Systems and Programs, Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund, and Prevailing Wage (Brighter Tomorrow Act)

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Public Utilities - Solar Energy Systems and Programs, Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund, and Prevailing Wage (Brighter Tomorrow Act) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Public Utilities - Solar Energy Systems and Programs, Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund, and Prevailing Wage (Brighter Tomorrow Act) (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Renewable Energy – Net Energy Metering Aggregation, Solar Renewable Energy Credits, and Taxes on Solar Energy Generating Systems (Brighter Tomorrow Act) (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Renewable Energy - Net Energy Metering Aggregation, Certified SRECs and Compliance Fees, Labor Requirements, and Taxes on Solar Energy Generating Systems (Brighter Tomorrow Act) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 45–1 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading (Amend) — 101–36 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Augustine — primary (person)
• Beidle — primary (person)
• Brooks — primary (person)
• Elfreth — primary (person)
• Feldman — primary (person)
• Guzzone — primary (person)
• Hester — primary (person)
• Hettleman — primary (person)
• Kagan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-01 First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Budget and Taxation referral-committee
• 2024-02-06 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
• 2024-04-02 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-02 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-02 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2024-04-03 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-04-03 Referred Rules and Executive Nominations referral-committee
• 2024-04-05 Rereferred to Economic Matters
• 2024-04-08 Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-08 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-08 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2024-04-08 Floor Amendment {
• 2024-04-08 Third Reading Passed with Amendments passage
• 2024-04-08 Senate Concurs House Amendments
• 2024-04-08 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-04-08 Passed Enrolled
• 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 595 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b2051975-5dbe-4b0f-816f-decd748bb81b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).