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IntroducedFeb 04, 2026
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Passed SenateApr 09, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 13, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Water Companies, Sewage Disposal Companies, and Water and Sewage Disposal Companies - Limited-Income Mechanisms
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 13, 2026: Returned Passed
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 556
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 125
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crosby
- Ivey
- Odom
- Stein
- Acevero
- Crutchfield
- Jacobs
- Palakovich Carr
- Stewart
- Adams
- Cullison
- Johnson, A.
- Pasteur
- Stinnett
- Addison
- Davis
- Johnson, S.
- Patterson
- Stonko
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Phillips
- Taveras
- Alston
- Edelson
- Kaiser
- Pippy
- Taylor
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Pruski
- Terrasa
- Anderson
- Fair
- Kerr
- Qi
- Toles
- Arentz
- Feldmark
- Kipke
- Queen
- Tomlinson
- Bagnall
- Fennell
- Korman
- Reilly
- Turner
- Barnes
- Foley
- Lehman
- Roberson
- Valderrama
- Bartlett
- Forbes
- Lewis
- Rogers
- Vogel
- Beauchamp
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, J.
- Rose
- Watson
- Behler
- Griffith
- Long, R.
- Rosenberg
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Lopez
- Ross
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Guzzone
- Mangione
- Ruff
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Harrison
- Martinez
- Ruth
- Williams
- Buckel
- Hartman
- McCaskill
- Schindler
- Wilson
- Cardin
- Healey
- McComas
- Schmidt
- Wims
- Chang
- Hill
- Metzgar
- Shetty
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Hinebaugh
- Miller
- Simmons
- Woods
- Ciliberti
- Holmes
- Mireku-North
- Simpson
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Moon
- Smith
- Wu
- Coley
- Howard
- Moreno
- Solomon
- Young
- Conaway
- Hutchinson
- Morgan, T.
- Spiegel
- Ziegler
ABSENT: 1
NOT VOTING: 5
EXCUSED: 1
Actions
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (125-9)
- Apr 11, 2026 | House
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Apr 10, 2026 | House
- Rereferred to Environment and Transportation
- Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation
- Apr 09, 2026 | House
- Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
- Apr 09, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (40-0)
- Apr 08, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Favorable with Amendments {163524/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 05, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 04, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Water Companies, Sewage Disposal Companies, and Water and Sewage Disposal Companies - Rate Consolidation and Limited-Income MechanismsPDF
- Amendments {163524/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - Water Companies, Sewage Disposal Companies, and Water and Sewage Disposal Companies - Limited-Income MechanismsPDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Environment and TransportationPDF
- Video: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Dey, Erin (Anne Arundel County)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Runkle, Laura (Maryland American Water)
- EEE Testimony, INFO -- Barve, Barve (MD PSC)
- EEE Testimony, INFO -- Lapp, David (Office of People's Counsel)
- EEE Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All

