# Maryland SB 0434: Empowering New Energy Resources and Green Initiatives Toward a Zero-Emission (ENERGIZE) Maryland Act

Maryland SB 0434, Empowering New Energy Resources and Green Initiatives Toward a Zero-Emission (ENERGIZE) Maryland Act, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Benjamin Brooks (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-02-05 (Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland SB 0434
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Empowering New Energy Resources and Green Initiatives Toward a Zero-Emission (ENERGIZE) Maryland Act
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-21
- Last action: 2025-02-05, Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- Sponsor: Benjamin Brooks (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Energy and Climate, Utility Regulation, Annotated Code of Maryland, Attorney General, Awareness and Outreach, Budgets -see also- Capital Budgets, Classifications and Designations, Clean Energy Credits -see also- Envir.Incent; Renew.Energy, Collective Bargaining, Commerce and Business -see also- ElectrComm; ForeignTr; etc., Committees and Commissions, Consumer Protection, Contracts -see also- Procurement, Debt Management, Energy Administration, Energy Matters -see also- Fuel; NuclearMatt; PwrPlnts; etc., Environmental Health, Environmental Incentives, Environmental Justice, Environmental Matters -see also- Conserv; Nat Resrce; Pollut, Escrow Accounts, Fees -see also- Attys' Fees; Devt Fees & Taxes, Fuel -see also- Coal, Goods and Services -see also- Retail Sales; TermnSvc; TrfGds, Grants, Independent Contractors, Industry and Technology, Investments -see also- Securities, Job Training -see also- Continuing Ed; Vocational Rehab, Loans -see also- Credit; Mortgages; Scholarships&SFA, Minority Business Enterprises, Names, Natural Resources -see also- Coal; For&Pks; Rivers; etc., Notices, Nuclear Matters -see also- Power Plants, Occupational Safety, Prices -see also- Consumer Price Index, Privacy, Procurement, Public Service Commission, Refuse Disposal -see also- Recycling, Renewable Energy Sources -see also- Geotherm; Solar; etc., Reports, Residency -see also- Immigrants and Citizenship, Revenue and Taxes -see also- (specific tax), Rules and Regulations, Salaries and Compensation -see also- Overtime; Reimb. Rates, Small Business, Standards and Best Practices, Storage, Sunset, Tax Credits, Time, Utilities -see also- Recycl; Refuse; Sewage; Teleph; Water, Veterans, Weights and Measures, Wind Energy, Women -see also- Gender, Work, Labor, and Employment -see also- JobTrn; Leave; etc.
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Benjamin Brooks (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Arthur Ellis (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Ron Watson (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (2)

- 2025-02-05: Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Senate)
- 2025-01-21: First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate)

## Bill text

- First Reading, 2025-01-21: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0434f.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed)
- HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed)
- HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization (became law)
- HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard (signed)

## Sources
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0434f.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0227-2025RS)
- [HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0482-2025RS)
- [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS)
- [SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0157-2025RS)
- [HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1294-2025RS)
- [HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0228-2025RS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0434-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).