HB1532 — Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act
Last action — Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House of Delegates
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 13, 2026. Enacted.
Odds of enactment
High chanceBased on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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14 sponsors
1 primary, 13 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (10 D).
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Mixed recorded votes
5 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Summary
Transferring the electric universal service program to the Office of Home Energy Programs and requiring the Office to authorize benefits under the program for certain electric customers; establishing the Green and Renewable Energy Efficiency for Nonprofits Loan Program in the Maryland Clean Energy Center; altering certain required procedures related to the permitting, inspection, and interconnection of certain residential solar energy systems; altering the uses of the Environmental Trust Fund; etc.
Bill Text
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Read HB1532 on the official Maryland source →Action History
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Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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Hearing (Primary, House of Origin)
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Third Reading (House of Origin) — Passed
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First Reading (Opposite House)
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Second Reading (House of Origin) — Passed with Amendments
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First Reading (House of Origin)
Sponsors
- Speaker · Primary
- Delegate Holmes · Cosponsor
- Delegate Marc Korman · Cosponsor
- Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo · Cosponsor
- Delegate Nick Allen · Cosponsor
- Delegate Dylan Behler · Cosponsor
- Delegate Linda Foley · Cosponsor
- Delegate Michele Guyton · Cosponsor
- Delegate Anne Healey · Cosponsor
- Delegate Lewis · Cosponsor
- J. Long · Cosponsor
- Delegate Darrell Odom · Cosponsor
- Delegate Dana Stein · Cosponsor
- Delegate Natalie Ziegler · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 13 co-sponsors · 174 not signed on · 116 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Speaker
Co-sponsors (13)
- Delegate Holmes
- Delegate Marc Korman Democrat Voted No
- Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo Democrat Voted No
- Delegate Nick Allen Democrat Voted No
- Delegate Dylan Behler Democrat Voted No
- Delegate Linda Foley Democrat Voted No
- Delegate Michele Guyton Democrat Voted No
- Delegate Anne Healey Democrat Voted No
- Delegate Lewis
- Long, J.
- Delegate Darrell Odom Democrat Voted No
- Delegate Dana Stein Democrat Voted No
- Delegate Natalie Ziegler Democrat Voted No
Not signed on (174)
174 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 174 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 91 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 5 | 23 | 0 | 6 |
| Unaffiliated | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 105 | 27 | 0 | 9 |
| % of votes cast | 74% | 19% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (141)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 33 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 70% | 23% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (47)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 35 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 74% | 23% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (47)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 25 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Unaffiliated | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 38 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| % of votes cast | 79% | 8% | 0% | 13% |
How each member voted (48)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 90 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Republican | 8 | 22 | 0 | 4 |
| Unaffiliated | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 108 | 25 | 0 | 8 |
| % of votes cast | 77% | 18% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (141)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 30 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 0 | 89 | 0 | 4 |
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 36 | 97 | 0 | 8 |
| % of votes cast | 26% | 69% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (141)
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB1532 do?
- Transferring the electric universal service program to the Office of Home Energy Programs and requiring the Office to authorize benefits under the program for certain electric customers; establishing the Green and Renewable Energy Efficiency for Nonprofits Loan Program in the Maryland Clean Energy Center; altering certain required procedures related to the permitting, inspection, and interconnection of certain residential solar energy systems; altering the uses of the Environmental Trust Fund; etc.
- Who sponsors HB1532?
- HB1532 is sponsored by Speaker, Delegate Holmes, Delegate Marc Korman (Democrat), Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo (Democrat), Delegate Nick Allen (Democrat), Delegate Dylan Behler (Democrat), Delegate Linda Foley (Democrat), Delegate Michele Guyton (Democrat), Delegate Anne Healey (Democrat), Delegate Lewis, Long, J., Delegate Darrell Odom (Democrat), Delegate Dana Stein (Democrat), and Delegate Natalie Ziegler (Democrat).
- What is the current status of HB1532?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 13, 2026. Enacted.
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