republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2018/hb-961.md

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Bill	Rural Broadband Communication Services	Rural Broadband Communication Services	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	HB 961	Maryland HB 961 (2018)	bill	State Government - Agencies Offices and Officials Administrative Agencies Committees and Commissions Counties Data Easements Electronic Communication Electronic Government Environment Department of Equipment Highway Administration State Housing and Community Development Department of Information Technology Department of Maps and Charts Mass Transit Municipal Corporations Natural Resources Department of Nonprofit Organizations Public Works Board of Telecommunications and Information Technology Transportation Department of	enacted	Mautz	1	16	3	2018-02-05	2018-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/fdb8ba1a-b8d7-4a67-a591-e37b3c9c5828	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB961&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	199cf71a3fdf17f9dd672aad76ba229dfec5a51362e90ccb0f74f684b1c56326	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 961 (2018) — Rural Broadband Communication Services

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 136–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 137–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mautz — primary (person)
• Anderton — cosponsor (person)
• Aumann — cosponsor (person)
• Buckel — cosponsor (person)
• Impallaria — cosponsor (person)
• Jameson — cosponsor (person)
• Lisanti — cosponsor (person)
• Malone — cosponsor (person)
• McComas — cosponsor (person)
• Morgan — cosponsor (person)
• Reilly — cosponsor (person)
• Rose — cosponsor (person)
• Szeliga — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-05 First Reading Economic Matters referral-committee
• 2018-02-06 Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-03-16 Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-16 Favorable with Amendments {143595/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-16 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-03-19 Third Reading Passed (136-0) passage
• 2018-03-19 First Reading Finance referral-committee
• 2018-03-21 Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-04-05 Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-05 Favorable with Amendments {447172/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-05 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-04-06 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (44-0) passage
• 2018-04-07 House Concur - Senate Amendments
• 2018-04-07 Third Reading Passed (137-0) passage
• 2018-04-07 Passed Enrolled
• 2018-04-24 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 176 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fdb8ba1a-b8d7-4a67-a591-e37b3c9c5828. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).