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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Member-Regulated Cooperatives - Establishment (Rural Broadband for the Eastern Shore Act of 2020)"
description: "Member-Regulated Cooperatives - Establishment (Rural Broadband for the Eastern Shore Act of 2020)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 999"
citation: "Maryland HB 999 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Anderton", "Arentz", "Ghrist", "Griffith", "Hartman", "Hornberger", "Jacobs", "Mautz", "McKay", "Otto", "Reilly", "Sample-Hughes"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6d5601f-a50c-4c8b-a3b3-6ff52c3b685c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0999?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f1de8e43fde0418d0e5eb546dcb3ca11297f7594e0f420c574539270c29008ef"
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 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](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_606_hb0999e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Member-Regulated Cooperatives - Establishment (Rural Broadband for the Eastern Shore Act of 2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0999e.pdf)
3. **First - Member-Regulated Cooperatives - Establishment (Rural Broadband for the Eastern Shore Act of 2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0999f.pdf)
4. **Third - Member-Regulated Cooperatives - Establishment (Rural Broadband for the Eastern Shore Act of 2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0999t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1310** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **450** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **1260** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6d5601f-a50c-4c8b-a3b3-6ff52c3b685c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).