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type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Broadband Providers - Joint Trenching and Fee (Building Out Broadband Act of 2021)"
description: "Economic Development - Broadband Providers - Joint Trenching and Fee (Building Out Broadband Act of 2021)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 824"
citation: "Maryland SB 824 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes", "Hershey", "Hester", "Ready"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60a1a2df-84e7-4d83-b740-74e13544a7f4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0824?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ccee94eefe61367c1a4013f69d855d33172f9d4a963e441163949f939da0ff09"
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 SB 824 (2021) — Economic Development - Broadband Providers - Joint Trenching and Fee (Building Out Broadband Act of 2021)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Economic Development - Broadband Providers - Joint Trenching and Fee (Building Out Broadband Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_633_sb0824e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Economic Development - Broadband Providers - Joint Trenching and Fee (Building Out Broadband Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0824e.pdf)
3. **First - Economic Development - Broadband Providers - Joint Trenching and Fee (Building Out Broadband Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0824f.pdf)
4. **Third - Economic Development - Broadband Providers - Joint Trenching and Fee (Building Out Broadband Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0824t.pdf)
## Votes
- On third reading — **470** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **450** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **11818** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Joint Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Biotechnology Committee — primary (organization)
- Ready — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-09** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 633 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60a1a2df-84e7-4d83-b740-74e13544a7f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).