---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of Statewide Broadband - Study of Broadband Expansion Incentives"
description: "Office of Statewide Broadband - Study of Broadband Expansion Incentives"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 551"
citation: "Maryland HB 551 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Administration", "Allen", "Amprey", "Anderton", "Attar", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Boafo", "Boyce", "Buckel", "Cardin", "Charles", "Conaway", "Crosby", "Crutchfield", "Cullison", "D. Jones", "Davis", "Ebersole", "Embry", "Feldmark", "Fennell", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Ghrist", "Grossman", "Guyton", "Harris", "Harrison", "Hartman", "Healey", "Henson", "Holmes", "Hornberger", "Hutchinson", "J. Long", "Jacobs", "Kaiser", "Kaufman", "Kelly", "Kerr", "Lopez", "Mangione", "McCaskill", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Phillips", "Pippy", "Qi", "Queen", "Reznik", "Rogers", "Rose", "Rosenberg", "Ruth", "Sample-Hughes", "Simpson", "Smith", "Solomon", "Speaker", "Stein", "Taveras", "Toles", "Tomlinson", "Turner", "Valderrama", "Vogel", "Watson", "Wells", "White", "Wilkins", "Williams", "Wivell", "Woods", "Wu", "Young"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51bfbbf3-69ec-4b32-ab99-873328d2cfcb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0551?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e9df9f64ef1c76f606cac41038de786c637b78e66a3dee89e20ba5869a48083b"
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 551 (2023) — Office of Statewide Broadband - Study of Broadband Expansion Incentives

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Office of Statewide Broadband - Study of Broadband Expansion Incentives** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_440_hb0551e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Office of Statewide Broadband - Study of Broadband Expansion Incentives** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0551e.pdf)
3. **First - Broadband Expansion Incentive Act of 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0551f.pdf)
4. **Third - Office of Statewide Broadband - Study of Broadband Expansion Incentives** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0551t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Addison — primary (person)
- Administration — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Anderton — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Crosby — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Grossman — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Mangione — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Pippy — primary (person)
- Qi — primary (person)
- Queen — primary (person)
- Reznik — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Speaker — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Tomlinson — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Wivell — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 440 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51bfbbf3-69ec-4b32-ab99-873328d2cfcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).