Maryland Senate Bill 781 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on April 21 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-04-21 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 95
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring an application for any new qualified offshore wind project and a certain proposal for an offshore wind transmission facility to be subject to a certain community benefit agreement; requiring the Public Service Commission to request that PJM Interconnection conduct a certain analysis of transmission system upgrade and expansion options; altering the requirements for a certain report on offshore wind projects; requiring the Commission, by a certain date each year starting in 2024, to report on its Supplier Diversity Program; etc.

Offshore Wind Energy - State Goals and Procurement (Promoting Offshore Wind Energy Resources Act)

Sen. Katie Hester [D]

Sen. Brian Feldman [D]

Sen. Benjamin Brooks [D]

2023-04-10 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 35 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-10 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 101 N: 38 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-04 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 100 N: 36 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-04-04 - House - Floor Amendment 113323/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected (Y: 36 N: 98 NV: 2 Abs: 4) [FAIL]
2023-03-17 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 33 N: 12 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-21	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 95
2023-04-10	Senate	Passed Enrolled
2023-04-10	House	Third Reading Passed (101-38)
2023-04-10	House	Conference Committee Report {913322/1 Adopted
2023-04-10	Senate	Third Reading Passed (35-12)
2023-04-10	Senate	Conference Committee Report {913322/1 Adopted
2023-04-10	Senate	House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Charkoudian, Crosby and Fraser-Hidalgo)
2023-04-10	Senate	House Refuses Recede
2023-04-08	House	House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Charkoudian, Crosby and Fraser-Hidalgo)
2023-04-08	House	House Refuses Recede
2023-04-08	House	Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hester, Feldman and Gallion)
2023-04-08	House	Senate Requests House Recede
2023-04-08	House	Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
2023-04-07	Senate	Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hester, Feldman and Gallion)
2023-04-07	Senate	Senate Requests House Recede
2023-04-07	Senate	Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
2023-04-04	House	Third Reading Passed (100-36)
2023-04-04	House	Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate Kaufman) Adopted
2023-04-04	House	Floor Amendment {113323/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected (36-98)
2023-04-03	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-03-31	House	Motion Special Order until 4/3 (Delegate Hartman) Adopted
2023-03-31	House	Favorable with Amendments {403428/1 Adopted
2023-03-31	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
2023-03-20	House	Referred Economic Matters
2023-03-17	Senate	Third Reading Passed (33-12)
2023-03-16	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-03-16	Senate	Floor Amendment {553624/1 (Senator Hershey) Rejected (16-30)
2023-03-16	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {373823/1 Adopted
2023-03-16	Senate	Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Hershey) Adopted
2023-03-16	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {373823/1
2023-03-15	Senate	Motion Laid Over (Senator Hester) Adopted
2023-03-15	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {373823/1
2023-03-15	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
2023-03-07	Senate	Hearing 3/07 at 1:30 p.m.
2023-03-07	Senate	Hearing canceled
2023-02-16	Senate	Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-02-09	Senate	Reassigned to Education, Energy, and the Environment
2023-02-06	Senate	First Reading Finance

HB793 (Crossfiled) 2023-04-10 - Third Reading Passed (36-10)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Public Utilities	7	701	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Public Utilities	7	704.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Public Utilities	7	704.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Public Utilities	7	704.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0781?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0781f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0781t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0781e.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_95_sb0781e.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0001/sb0781_37382301.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0001/sb0781_55362401.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0001/sb0781_40342801.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0001/sb0781_11332301.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0001/sb0781_91332201.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/sb0781_eee.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/sb0781_ecm.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/Senate/0543.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/0944.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/0945.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/1264.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/Senate/1260.pdf