SB0381 • 2026

Education - School Building Energy Usage - Monthly Report

Education Energy

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Senators Watson and West
Last action: 2026-02-19
Official status: In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Education - School Building Energy Usage - Monthly Report

Requiring each county board of education to collect data on energy usage and report the data collected to the Interagency Commission on School Construction; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations specifying the data to be collected and the means and frequency of reporting; and requiring the Commission to analyze the data collected and provide recommendations for improving school building energy efficiency and usage.

What This Bill Does

Requiring each county board of education to collect data on energy usage and report the data collected to the Interagency Commission on School Construction; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations specifying the data to be collected and the means and frequency of reporting; and requiring the Commission to analyze the data collected and provide recommendations for improving school building energy efficiency and usage.

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Bill History

2026-02-19 Senate
Hearing canceled
2026-02-19 Senate
Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-01-29 Senate
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-01-27 Senate
First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Maryland General Assembly
Text - First - Education - School Building Energy Usage - Monthly Report

Official Summary Text

Requiring each county board of education to collect data on energy usage and report the data collected to the Interagency Commission on School Construction; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations specifying the data to be collected and the means and frequency of reporting; and requiring the Commission to analyze the data collected and provide recommendations for improving school building energy efficiency and usage.

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*sb0381*

SENATE BILL 381
F1 6lr2219
SB 818/25 – EEE CF 6lr2151
By: Senators Watson and West
Introduced and read first time: January 27, 2026
Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Education – School Building Energy Usage – Monthly Report 2

FOR the purpose of requiring each county board of education to collect data on energy usage 3
and report the data collected to the Interagency Commission on School Construction; 4
requiring the Commission to adopt regulations specifying the data to be collecte d 5
and the means and frequency of reporting; requiring the Commission to analyze the 6
data collected and provide recommendations for improving school building energy 7
efficiency and usage; and generally relating to school building energy usage. 8

BY adding to 9
Article – Education 10
Section 5–331 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 13

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15

Article – Education 16

5–331. 17

(A) EACH COUNTY BOARD SHALL: 18

(1) COLLECT DATA ON SCHOOL BUILDING ENERGY USAGE; AND 19

(2) REPORT THE DATA COLLE CTED TO THE INTERAGENCY 20
COMMISSION. 21

(B) THE INTERAGENCY COMMISSION SHALL ADOP T REGULATIONS THAT 22
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SPECIFY: 1

(1) THE DATA TO BE COLLECTED; AND 2

(2) THE MEANS AND FREQUENCY OF REPORTING. 3

(C) THE INTERAGENCY COMMISSION SHALL ANAL YZE THE DATA 4
COLLECTED UNDER SUBS ECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION AND PROVIDE 5
RECOMMENDATIONS TO T HE COUNTY BOARD FOR IMPROVING SCHOOL BUI LDING 6
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND USAGE. 7

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 8
1, 2026. 9