---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development – Broadband Providers – Joint Trenching and Fee (Building Out Broadband Act of 2021)"
description: "Economic Development – Broadband Providers – Joint Trenching and Fee (Building Out Broadband Act of 2021)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1328"
citation: "Maryland HB 1328 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldmark"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5005bf8-493c-474e-8cc9-5fc6dda57afe"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1328?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "baea77dd5f7266fa4ebd30674da453766dbcea06d8c3d4a4005bb79434e4ae4e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland HB 1328 (2021) — Economic Development – Broadband Providers – Joint Trenching and Fee (Building Out Broadband Act of 2021)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Economic Development – Broadband Providers – Joint Trenching and Fee (Building Out Broadband Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_632_hb1328t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development – Broadband Providers – Joint Trenching and Fee (Building Out Broadband Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1328f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development – Broadband Providers – Joint Trenching and Fee (Building Out Broadband Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1328t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **107–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Feldmark — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-08** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Hearing 3/04 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-02** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Rereferred to Finance
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 632 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5005bf8-493c-474e-8cc9-5fc6dda57afe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).