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type: "Bill"
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title: "Connecting Rural Maryland Act of 2017"
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description: "Connecting Rural Maryland Act of 2017"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 717"
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citation: "Maryland SB 717 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["State Government - Agencies", "Offices", "and Officials", "Utility Regulation", "Committees and Commissions", "Communications", "Counties", "Electronic Communication", "Federal Government", "Reports", "Telecommunications and Information Technology"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eckardt"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-02-03"
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last_action: "2017-05-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93135a41-73f2-4a49-91aa-4245c11304eb"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB717&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
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source_hash: "a856ef8bfa457a6bb4f7aa7387845e044eeab1c72e87497a80f3fe931a3399e6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 717 (2017) — Connecting Rural Maryland Act of 2017
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0717f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Eckardt — primary (person)
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- Astle — cosponsor (person)
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- Benson — cosponsor (person)
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- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
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- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
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- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
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- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
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- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
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- Oaks — cosponsor (person)
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- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
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- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-07** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2017-03-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-24** Favorable with Amendments {997576/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2017-03-27** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
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- **2017-03-27** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-04** Rereferred to Economic Matters
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- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed
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- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
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- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
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- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 621 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93135a41-73f2-4a49-91aa-4245c11304eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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