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type: "Bill"
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title: "Rural Broadband Communication Services"
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description: "Rural Broadband Communication Services"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 961"
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citation: "Maryland HB 961 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["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"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mautz"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2018-02-05"
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last_action: "2018-04-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdb8ba1a-b8d7-4a67-a591-e37b3c9c5828"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB961&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
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source_hash: "199cf71a3fdf17f9dd672aad76ba229dfec5a51362e90ccb0f74f684b1c56326"
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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 HB 961 (2018) — Rural Broadband Communication Services
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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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0961f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **137–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mautz — primary (person)
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- Anderton — cosponsor (person)
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- Aumann — cosponsor (person)
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- Buckel — cosponsor (person)
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- Impallaria — cosponsor (person)
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- Jameson — cosponsor (person)
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- Lisanti — cosponsor (person)
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- Malone — cosponsor (person)
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- McComas — cosponsor (person)
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- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
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- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
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- Rose — cosponsor (person)
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- Szeliga — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-05** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-06** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {143595/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
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- **2018-03-19** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-21** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-05** Favorable with Amendments {447172/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (44-0) `passage`
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- **2018-04-07** House Concur - Senate Amendments
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- **2018-04-07** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
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- **2018-04-07** Passed Enrolled
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- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 176 `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/fdb8ba1a-b8d7-4a67-a591-e37b3c9c5828`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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