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Bill	Member-Regulated Cooperatives - Establishment (Rural Broadband for the Eastern Shore Act of 2020)	Member-Regulated Cooperatives - Establishment (Rural Broadband for the Eastern Shore Act of 2020)	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2020	HB 999	Maryland HB 999 (2020)	bill		enacted	Adams Anderton Arentz Ghrist Griffith Hartman Hornberger Jacobs Mautz McKay Otto Reilly Sample-Hughes	4	16	3	2020-02-05	2020-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/d6d5601f-a50c-4c8b-a3b3-6ff52c3b685c	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0999?ys=2020RS&search=True	f1de8e43fde0418d0e5eb546dcb3ca11297f7594e0f420c574539270c29008ef	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 999 (2020) — Member-Regulated Cooperatives - Establishment (Rural Broadband for the Eastern Shore Act of 2020)

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Member-Regulated Cooperatives - Establishment (Rural Broadband for the Eastern Shore Act of 2020) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Member-Regulated Cooperatives - Establishment (Rural Broadband for the Eastern Shore Act of 2020) (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Member-Regulated Cooperatives - Establishment (Rural Broadband for the Eastern Shore Act of 2020) (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Member-Regulated Cooperatives - Establishment (Rural Broadband for the Eastern Shore Act of 2020) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 131–0 (pass) · lower
• On third reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 126–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Adams — primary (person)
• Anderton — primary (person)
• Arentz — primary (person)
• Ghrist — primary (person)
• Griffith — primary (person)
• Hartman — primary (person)
• Hornberger — primary (person)
• Jacobs — primary (person)
• Mautz — primary (person)
• McKay — primary (person)
• Otto — primary (person)
• Reilly — primary (person)
• Sample-Hughes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-05 First Reading Economic Matters referral-committee
• 2020-02-06 Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2020-03-14 Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-14 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-14 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2020-03-15 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-16 Referred Finance referral-committee
• 2020-03-18 Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-18 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-18 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2020-03-18 Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Hershey) Adopted
• 2020-03-18 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-18 House Concurs Senate Amendments
• 2020-03-18 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-18 Passed Enrolled
• 2020-05-08 Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 606 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6d5601f-a50c-4c8b-a3b3-6ff52c3b685c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).