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HOUSE BILL 897
R2 5lr1498
By: Delegate Moon
Introduced and read first time: January 30, 2025
Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Maryland Department of Transportation – Electric Vehicle Charging 2
Infrastructure Expansion – Plans and Programs 3
FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation, in consultation 4
with the Maryland Energy Administration, to make certain estimations and 5
determinations regarding electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging 6
infrastructure; requiring the Department, in consultation with the Maryland Energy 7
Administration, to develop plans and implement programs to increase the electric 8
vehicle charging infrastructure in the State; and generally relating to electric 9
vehicles and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. 10
BY adding to 11
Article – Transportation 12
Section 2–114 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 15
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 16
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 17
Article – Transportation 18
2–114. 19
(A) THE DEPARTMENT , IN CONSULTATION WITH THE MARYLAND ENERGY 20
ADMINISTRATION , SHALL: 21
(1) ESTIMATE THE NUMBER OF ELECTR IC VEHICLES IN OPERATION 22
IN THE STATE NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF § 2–1205(C)(2) OF THE 23
ENVIRONMENT ARTICLE; AND 24 2 HOUSE BILL 897
(2) ESTIMATE THE NUMBER AND DETERMINE THE DENSITY AND 1
LOCATION OF PUBLIC A ND PRIVATE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STA TIONS 2
NECESSARY TO CONVENI ENTLY SUSTAIN THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES E STIMATED 3
UNDER ITEM (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION . 4
(B) THE DEPARTMENT , IN CONSULTATION WITH THE MARYLAND ENERGY 5
ADMINISTRATION : 6
(1) SHALL DEVELOP PLANS AND IM PLEMENT PROGRAMS TO 7
INCREASE THE ELECTRI C VEHICLE CHARGING I NFRASTRUCTURE NECESS ARY TO 8
ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF § 2–1205(C)(2) OF THE ENVIRONMENT ARTICLE AND 9
SUPPORT THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES E STIMATED UNDER SUBSE CTION (A)(1) OF 10
THIS SECTION; AND 11
(2) MAY ADOPT REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE PLANS AND 12
PROGRAMS DEVELOPED U NDER ITEM (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION . 13
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 14
October 1, 2025. 15