NEW LEGISLATION

HB1607 – Community Solar Energy Generating Systems – Prohibited Locations – Adjacent Parcels

HB1618 – Department of the Environment – Procedures for Permitting Efficiency – Requirements

LEGISLATION ON THE MOVE

Progressed Legislation

SB0461 – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Heat and Eat Program – Eligibility

SB0461 – FAV by Senate Finance – 02.23.26

SB0461 – 2nd Reading Passed – 02.24.26

SB0461 – 3rd Reading Passed (44-0) – 02.26.26

SB0461 – Crossed Over to House – 02.26.26

Regressed Legislation

HB0112 – Property Tax – Agricultural Use Assessment – Community Solar Energy Generating Systems

HB0112 – Withdrawn by Sponsor – 02.23.26

HB0647 – Power Plant Research Program – Study on Nuclear Energy

HB0647 – Withdrawn by Sponsor – 02.23.26

HB0981 – Investor-Owned Public Service Companies – Base Rate Proceeding – Equity Market Return

HB0981 – Hearing Canceled – 02.23.26

HB1443 – Retail Supply of Electricity and Gas – Regulation and Consumer Protection – Alterations

HB1443 – Hearing Canceled – 02.25.26

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UPCOMING HEARINGS

Tuesday, March 3

SB0649 – Electric Companies – Environmental Surcharges or Fees – Prohibition on Collection

SB0780 – Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity – BURDEN Analysis (CHERISH Our Communities Act)

SB0781 – Environmental Permits – Requirements for Burden Analysis, Issuance and Renewal, and Public Participation (Cumulative Harms for Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health – CHERISH Our Communities Act)

HB0723 – Electric Companies – Cost Containment Plans – Requirement (Securing Affordable, Valuable Investments in Next Generation Grid Solutions (SAVINGS) Act)

HB0990 – Small Solar Energy Generating System Incentive Program – Eligibility and Generating Capacity

HB1040 – Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund – Mandated Uses – Climate Change Programs

HB1104 – Residential Solar Energy Systems – Local Inspections and Permitting

HB1190 – Public Utilities – Off-Grid Electricity Providers – Exemption

HB1195 – Net Energy Metering, SUNRISE Program, and Community Solar Energy Generating Systems Program (SUNRISE Act)

HB1210 – Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Transmission Lines – Notice to Landowners

HB1244 – Overhead Transmission Lines and Eminent Domain – Property Value – Damages

HB1476 – Public Service Commission – Net Energy Metering – Successor Program

HB1532 – Continuing the Next Generation Energy Act

Wednesday, March 4

HB1065 – Coal Combustion By-Product Materials – Grant Program and Procurement Preference

HB1199 – Study on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Economy-Wide Cap-and-Invest Program (Maryland Climate Crisis Equity Act)

HB1219 – Climate Change, Homeowner’s Insurance, and Emergency Management – Study

HB1225 – Weights and Measures – Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment – Registration Fees

Thursday, March 5

SB0596 – Large Load Customers – Electric System Interconnection and Demand Response Program

SB0598 – Electric Companies – Cost Containment Plans – Requirement (Securing Affordable, Valuable Investments in Next Generation Grid Solutions (SAVINGS) Act)

SB0771 – Human Services – Energy Assistance Programs – Administration and Funding

SB0801 – Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, EmPOWER Energy Efficiency Programs, and Net Energy Metering

SB0834 – Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programs, Services, and Plans – Moratorium

SB0840 – Maryland Stadium Authority – Electricity Generating Facilities – Site Planning

SB0843 – Net Energy Metering, SUNRISE Program, and Community Solar Energy Generating Systems Program (SUNRISE Act)

SB0850 – Electric and Gas Companies – Energy Efficiency, Conservation, and Demand Response Programs – Alterations (Utility Affordability and Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026)

HB1374 – Alternative Fuel, Fuel-Efficient, and Electric Vehicles – Highway Use Fee

HB1391 – Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program – Testing and Inspection – Grounds for Failure

Friday, March 6

HB0974 – Electricity and Gas – Retail Supply (Freedom From Monopolies Act)

HB1349 – Public Service Commission – Implementation Plan to Convert Formerly Operational Fossil Fuel Generating Stations

HB1494 – Electricity and Retail Gas Supply – Customer Choice, Consumer Protection, and Green Power (Retail Energy Modernization and Consumer Choice Act)