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Maryland SB 968 (2018) — Task Force on Rural Internet, Broadband, Wireless, and Cellular Service - Study and Extension

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 — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Eckardt — primary (person)
• Astle — cosponsor (person)
• Benson — cosponsor (person)
• Feldman — cosponsor (person)
• Hershey — cosponsor (person)
• Jennings — cosponsor (person)
• Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
• Mathias — cosponsor (person)
• Middleton — cosponsor (person)
• Reilly — cosponsor (person)
• Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-05 First Reading Finance referral-committee
• 2018-02-07 Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-03-12 Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-13 Favorable with Amendments {647970/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-13 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-03-15 Third Reading Passed (44-0) passage
• 2018-03-15 First Reading Economic Matters referral-committee
• 2018-03-28 Favorable Report by Economic Matters committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-28 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-28 Second Reading Passed
• 2018-03-29 Third Reading Passed (136-0) passage
• 2018-03-30 Returned Passed
• 2018-04-24 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 178 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4b18be78-c1c9-412a-822c-1bf7a787847c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).