SB0649 • 2026

Electric Vehicle Fuel Sold at Retail - Equipment Requirements, Units of Measure, and Fees

Taxes

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Senator Hettleman
Last action: 2026-04-28
Official status: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 280
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Electric Vehicle Fuel Sold at Retail - Equipment Requirements, Units of Measure, and Fees

Requiring the owner or possessor of a weight and measure used for the retail sale of electricity as a vehicle fuel to display certain information in a conspicuous manner; requiring all electricity possessed, offered, or exposed for sale and sold at retail as a vehicle fuel to be measured and sold in units of kilowatt-hours; authorizing the owner or possessor of a weight and measure used for the retail sale of electricity as a vehicle fuel to charge a certain fee which is required to be itemized on the customer's receipt; etc.

What This Bill Does

Requiring the owner or possessor of a weight and measure used for the retail sale of electricity as a vehicle fuel to display certain information in a conspicuous manner; requiring all electricity possessed, offered, or exposed for sale and sold at retail as a vehicle fuel to be measured and sold in units of kilowatt-hours; authorizing the owner or possessor of a weight and measure used for the retail sale of electricity as a vehicle fuel to charge a certain fee which is required to be itemized on the customer's receipt; etc.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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683825/1

None

Favorable with Amendments { 683825/1 Adopted

Plain English: AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL 649 (First Reading File Bill) AMENDMENT NO.

AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL 649 (First Reading File Bill) AMENDMENT NO.
1 On page 1, in line 3, strike “Sales Price,”; and strike beginning with “requiring” in line 7 down through the semicolon in line 9.
AMENDMENT NO.
2 On page 2, in line 14, after “(B)” insert “(1)”; after line 16, insert: “(2) DURING A CHARGING SESSION, A CUSTOMER MAY BE CHARGED ONLY FOR THE KILOWAT T–HOURS OF ELECTRICITY DISPENSED DURING THE CHARGING SESSION.”; strike beginning with “(C)” in line 17 down through “(D)” in line 22 and substitute “(C)”; in line 27, strike “MAY” and substitute “: (I) MAY”; and in line 28, after “TIME” insert “; (II) MAY BE APPLIED ONLY A T THE CONCLUSION OF A CHARGING SESSION; AND (III) SHALL BE ITEMIZED ON THE CUSTOMER’S RECEIPT”.

693728/1

None • Delegate Hornberger

Floor Amendment { 693728/1 (Delegate Hornberger) Rejected (38-94)

Plain English: AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL 649 (Third Reading File Bill) AMENDMENT NO.

AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL 649 (Third Reading File Bill) AMENDMENT NO.
1 On page 1, at the top of the page, insert “EMERGENCY BILL”; strike in their entirety lines 2 and 3 and substitute “ Vehicle Fuel – Electric Vehicle Fuel Sold at Retail and Motor Vehicle Fuel Taxes”; in line 10, after “services;” insert “providing that, for a certain period of time, certain m otor fuel taxes that would otherwise be imposed do not apply; requiring the Comptroller to pay a refund advance of motor fuel tax to qualifying retailers under certain circumstances; requiring a qualifying retailer to pay certain motor fuel tax to the Comp troller within a certain time after the expiration of the tax –free period; authorizing the Comptroller to suspend certain licenses of a qualifying retailer under certain circumstances; requiring motor carriers to calculate and remit motor carrier tax in a certain manner;”; and in line 11, strike “ the sale of electricity sold at retail as a vehicle fuel” and substitute “electric vehicle fuel and motor vehicle fuel”.
AMENDMENT NO.
2 On page 3, after line 8, insert: “SECTION 2.

Bill History

2026-04-28 Post Passage
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 280
2026-04-10 House
Rereferred to Environment and Transportation
2026-04-10 House
Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation
2026-04-08 Senate
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
2026-04-02 House
Floor Amendment { 693728/1 (Delegate Hornberger) Rejected (38-94)
2026-04-02 House
Third Reading Passed (95-34)
2026-03-27 House
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2026-03-27 Senate
Returned Passed
2026-03-23 House
Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
2026-03-21 Senate
Third Reading Passed (29-11)
2026-03-20 Senate
Favorable with Amendments { 683825/1 Adopted
2026-03-20 Senate
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-02-10 Senate
Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-06 Senate
First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Maryland General Assembly
Text - First - Electric Vehicle Fuel Sold at Retail - Equipment Requirements, Units of Measure, Sales Price, and Fees
Maryland General Assembly
Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the Environment
Maryland General Assembly
Text - Third - Electric Vehicle Fuel Sold at Retail - Equipment Requirements, Units of Measure, and Fees
Maryland General Assembly
Vote - House - Committee - Environment and Transportation
Maryland General Assembly
Text - Chapter - Electric Vehicle Fuel Sold at Retail - Equipment Requirements, Units of Measure, and Fees

Official Summary Text

Requiring the owner or possessor of a weight and measure used for the retail sale of electricity as a vehicle fuel to display certain information in a conspicuous manner; requiring all electricity possessed, offered, or exposed for sale and sold at retail as a vehicle fuel to be measured and sold in units of kilowatt-hours; authorizing the owner or possessor of a weight and measure used for the retail sale of electricity as a vehicle fuel to charge a certain fee which is required to be itemized on the customer's receipt; etc.

Current Bill Text

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EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
amendment.
*sb0649*

SENATE BILL 649
M4, C2 6lr3090

By: Senator Hettleman
Introduced and read first time: February 6, 2026
Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: March 20, 2026

CHAPTER ______

AN ACT concerning 1

Electric Vehicle Fuel Sold at Retail – Equipment Requirements, Units of 2
Measure, Sales Price, and Fees 3

FOR the purpose of requiring the owner or possessor of a weight and measure used for the 4
retail sale of electricity as a vehicle fuel to display certain information in a certain 5
manner; requiring all electricity possessed, offered, or exposed for sale and sold at 6
retail as a vehicle fuel to be measured and sold in a certain manner; requiring the 7
Comptroller to determine the minimum price for the retail sale of electricity as a 8
vehicle fuel; authorizing the owner or possessor of a weight and measure used for the 9
retail sale of electricity as a vehicle fuel to charge certain fees for certain services; 10
and generally relating to the sale of electricity sold at retail as a vehicle fuel. 11

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 12
Article – Agriculture 13
Section 11–101(a) and (l) 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2016 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 16

BY adding to 17
Article – Agriculture 18
Section 11–316 19
Annotated Code of Maryland 20
(2016 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 21

2 SENATE BILL 649

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 1
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 2

Article – Agriculture 3

11–101. 4

(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated. 5

(l) “Weight and measure” means any instrument or device used f or weighing or 6
measuring, and any appliance or accessory associated with any instrument or device used 7
for weighing or measuring. 8

11–316. 9

(A) (1) THE OWNER OR POSSESSO R OF A WEIGHT AND ME ASURE USED 10
FOR THE RETAIL SALE OF ELECTRICITY AS A VEHICLE FUEL SH ALL CLEARLY AND 11
CONSPICUOUSLY DISPLA Y INFORMATION DETAIL ING THE NAME , ADDRESS, AND 12
PHONE NUMBER OF A LO CAL PERSON RESPONSIB LE FOR THE WEIGHT AN D 13
MEASURE. 14

(2) THE INFORMATION REQUI RED TO BE DISPLAYED UNDER THIS 15
SUBSECTION MAY BE DI SPLAYED ON OR IMMEDI ATELY ADJACENT TO THE W EIGHT 16
AND MEASURE. 17

(B) (1) ALL ELECTRICITY POSSESSED, OFFERED, OR EXPOSED FOR SALE 18
AND SOLD AT RETAIL AS A VEHICLE FUEL SHALL BE MEASURED AND SOLD IN UNITS 19
OF KILOWATT–HOURS. 20

(2) DURING A CHARGING SES SION, A CUSTOMER MAY BE CH ARGED 21
ONLY FOR THE KILOWAT T–HOURS OF ELECTRICITY DISPENSED DURING THE 22
CHARGING SESSION. 23

(C) (1) ON OR BEFORE JULY 1 EACH YEAR, THE COMPTROLLER SHALL 24
DETERMINE THE MINIMU M PRICE FOR THE RETA IL SALE OF ELECTRICI TY AS A 25
VEHICLE FUEL. 26

(2) THE COMPTROLLER SHALL PUBLISH THE MINIMUM PRICE 27
DETERMINED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION ON THE COMPTROLLER’S WEBSITE. 28

(D) (C) (1) IN ADDITION TO THE PR ICE CHARGED FOR THE RETAIL 29
SALE OF ELECTRICITY AS A VEHICLE FUEL, THE OWNER OR POSSESSOR OF A WEIGHT 30
AND MEASURE USED FOR THE RETAIL SALE OF ELECT RICITY AS A VEHICLE FUEL 31
SENATE BILL 649 3

MAY CHARGE A FEE FOR SERVICES RELATED TO THE RETAIL SALE OF ELECTRICITY 1
AS A VEHICLE FUEL. 2

(2) THE FEE AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION MAY: 3

(I) MAY BE A FIXED FEE OR AS SESSED BASED ON LENG TH OF 4
TIME; 5

(II) MAY BE APPLIED ONLY A T THE CONCLUSION OF A 6
CHARGING SESSION; AND 7

(III) SHALL BE ITEMIZED ON THE CUSTOMER’S RECEIPT. 8

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 9
1, 2026. 10

Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.