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type: "Bill"
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title: "Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act"
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description: "Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 1532"
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citation: "Maryland HB 1532 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["A"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Behler", "Foley", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Guyton", "Healey", "Holmes", "J. Long", "Korman", "Lewis", "Odom", "Speaker", "Stein", "Ziegler"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 54
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vote_count: 24
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first_action: "2026-02-13"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06d87554-19c2-4ceb-8009-66a99f2b4809"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1532?ys=2026RS"
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source_hash: "be6fc820e0148ad28dce159d6b40fc3ed640a4d85b02dd1d8b800c2be24f48d7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 1532 (2026) — Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_353_hb1532e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1532e.pdf)
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3. **First - Continuing the Next Generation Energy Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1532f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1532t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLA Del. Buckel /863121/1 — **34–99** (fail) · lower
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- FLA Del. Buckel /793623/1 — **33–99** (fail) · lower
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- Motion to limit debate — **32–13** (pass) · upper
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- FLA Del. Buckel /303926/1 — **38–98** (fail) · lower
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- FLA Del. Fisher /423729/1 — **35–98** (fail) · lower
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- FLA Del. Wivell /403425/1 — **36–90** (fail) · lower
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- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **105–27** (pass) · lower
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- FLA Del. Fisher /113421/1 — **36–97** (fail) · lower
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- FLA Del. Adams /993026/1 — **24–99** (fail) · lower
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- FLA Del. Schmidt /283429/1 — **31–99** (fail) · lower
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- Conference Committee Report - Adoption — **33–11** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **108–25** (pass) · lower
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- FLA Del. Rose /603022/1 — **37–98** (fail) · lower
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- FLA Del. Hornberger /693028/1 — **31–100** (fail) · lower
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- FLA Del. Buckel /423827/1 — **38–96** (fail) · lower
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- FLA Del. Hartman /663523/1 — **37–98** (fail) · lower
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- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **35–11** (pass) · upper
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- FLA Del. Howard /303024/1 — **39–96** (fail) · lower
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- FLA Del. Hornberger /813424/1 — **37–97** (fail) · lower
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- FLA Del. Chisholm /513823/1 — **35–94** (fail) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **38–4** (pass) · upper
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- FLA Del. Tomlinson /713521/1 — **38–95** (fail) · lower
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- FLA Del. Nkongolo /283823/1 — **37–98** (fail) · lower
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- FLA Del. Griffith /403924/1 — **36–98** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Allen — primary (person)
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- Behler — primary (person)
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- Foley — primary (person)
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- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
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- Guyton — primary (person)
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- Healey — primary (person)
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- Holmes — primary (person)
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- J. Long — primary (person)
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- Korman — primary (person)
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- Lewis — primary (person)
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- Odom — primary (person)
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- Speaker — primary (person)
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- Stein — primary (person)
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- Ziegler — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-13** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-13** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2026-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-13** Motion Laid Over (Delegate Korman) Adopted
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- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-17** Floor Amendment {
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- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2026-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-03-18** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-20** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2026-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2026-04-06** Floor Amendment {
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- **2026-04-06** Third Readings Passed with Amendments
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- **2026-04-08** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
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- **2026-04-08** House Requests Senate Recede
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- **2026-04-08** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Korman, Fraser-Hidalgo and Guyton)
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- **2026-04-09** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
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- **2026-04-09** House Requests Senate Recede
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- **2026-04-09** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Korman, Fraser-Hidalgo and Guyton)
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- **2026-04-09** Senate Refuses Recede
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- **2026-04-09** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Feldman, Hester and Simonaire)
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- **2026-04-09** Senate Refuses Recede
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- **2026-04-09** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Feldman, Hester and Simonaire)
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- **2026-04-13** Conference Committee Report {
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- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-13** Conference Committee Report {
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- **2026-04-13** Motion Limit Debate (Senator King) Adopted
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- **2026-04-13** Conference Committee Report {
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- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
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- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 353 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06d87554-19c2-4ceb-8009-66a99f2b4809`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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