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type: "Bill"
title: "Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act)"
description: "Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 937"
citation: "Maryland SB 937 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Attar", "Brooks", "Feldman", "M. Washington", "President", "Simonaire"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5efd1dd1-ddc0-442f-b66e-1e56a528d844"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0937?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2f0bb4b4d82dab7ab0ffe4d676d6241d4e3015ba9a08448b3c22d6694f4a5177"
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 937 (2025) — Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_625_sb0937e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0937e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Utilities - Electricity Generation Planning - Procurement, Permitting, and Co-Location (Next Generation Energy Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0937f.pdf)
4. **Third - Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0937t.pdf)
## Votes
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **3610** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment Hershey /823825/1 — **1129** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading — **379** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Grammer /813822/1 — **3997** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **9739** (pass) · lower
- Floor Amendment Hershey /133829/1 — **1131** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Attar — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-03** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Hearing 2/28 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2025-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Motion Laid Over (Senator Augustine) Adopted
- **2025-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-04-01** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-04-01** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Rereferred to Economic Matters
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Motion Special Order until 04/04 (Delegate Crosby) Adopted
- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-05** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 625 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5efd1dd1-ddc0-442f-b66e-1e56a528d844`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).