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type: "Bill"
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title: "Office of Statewide Broadband - Study of Broadband Expansion Incentives"
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description: "Office of Statewide Broadband - Study of Broadband Expansion Incentives"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 551"
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citation: "Maryland HB 551 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Administration", "Allen", "Amprey", "Anderton", "Attar", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Boafo", "Boyce", "Buckel", "Cardin", "Charles", "Conaway", "Crosby", "Crutchfield", "Cullison", "D. Jones", "Davis", "Ebersole", "Embry", "Feldmark", "Fennell", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Ghrist", "Grossman", "Guyton", "Harris", "Harrison", "Hartman", "Healey", "Henson", "Holmes", "Hornberger", "Hutchinson", "J. Long", "Jacobs", "Kaiser", "Kaufman", "Kelly", "Kerr", "Lopez", "Mangione", "McCaskill", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Phillips", "Pippy", "Qi", "Queen", "Reznik", "Rogers", "Rose", "Rosenberg", "Ruth", "Sample-Hughes", "Simpson", "Smith", "Solomon", "Speaker", "Stein", "Taveras", "Toles", "Tomlinson", "Turner", "Valderrama", "Vogel", "Watson", "Wells", "White", "Wilkins", "Williams", "Wivell", "Woods", "Wu", "Young"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2023-02-02"
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last_action: "2023-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51bfbbf3-69ec-4b32-ab99-873328d2cfcb"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0551?ys=2023RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "e9df9f64ef1c76f606cac41038de786c637b78e66a3dee89e20ba5869a48083b"
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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 551 (2023) — Office of Statewide Broadband - Study of Broadband Expansion Incentives
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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. **Chapter - Office of Statewide Broadband - Study of Broadband Expansion Incentives** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_440_hb0551e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Office of Statewide Broadband - Study of Broadband Expansion Incentives** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0551e.pdf)
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3. **First - Broadband Expansion Incentive Act of 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0551f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Office of Statewide Broadband - Study of Broadband Expansion Incentives** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0551t.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Addison — primary (person)
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- Administration — primary (person)
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- Allen — primary (person)
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- Amprey — primary (person)
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- Anderton — primary (person)
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- Attar — primary (person)
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- Bagnall — primary (person)
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- Bhandari — primary (person)
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- Boafo — primary (person)
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- Boyce — primary (person)
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- Buckel — primary (person)
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- Cardin — primary (person)
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- Charles — primary (person)
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- Conaway — primary (person)
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- Crosby — primary (person)
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- Crutchfield — primary (person)
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- Cullison — primary (person)
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- D. Jones — primary (person)
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- Davis — primary (person)
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- Ebersole — primary (person)
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- Embry — primary (person)
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- Feldmark — primary (person)
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- Fennell — primary (person)
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- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
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- Ghrist — primary (person)
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- Grossman — primary (person)
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- Guyton — primary (person)
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- Harris — primary (person)
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- Harrison — primary (person)
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- Hartman — primary (person)
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- Healey — primary (person)
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- Henson — primary (person)
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- Holmes — primary (person)
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- Hornberger — primary (person)
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- Hutchinson — primary (person)
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- J. Long — primary (person)
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- Jacobs — primary (person)
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- Kaiser — primary (person)
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- Kaufman — primary (person)
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- Kelly — primary (person)
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- Kerr — primary (person)
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- Lopez — primary (person)
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- Mangione — primary (person)
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- McCaskill — primary (person)
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- Pasteur — primary (person)
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- Patterson — primary (person)
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- Phillips — primary (person)
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- Pippy — primary (person)
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- Qi — primary (person)
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- Queen — primary (person)
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- Reznik — primary (person)
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- Rogers — primary (person)
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- Rose — primary (person)
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- Rosenberg — primary (person)
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- Ruth — primary (person)
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- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
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- Simpson — primary (person)
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- Smith — primary (person)
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- Solomon — primary (person)
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- Speaker — primary (person)
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- Stein — primary (person)
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- Taveras — primary (person)
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- Toles — primary (person)
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- Tomlinson — primary (person)
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- Turner — primary (person)
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- Valderrama — primary (person)
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- Vogel — primary (person)
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- Watson — primary (person)
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- Wells — primary (person)
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- White — primary (person)
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- Wilkins — primary (person)
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- Williams — primary (person)
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- Wivell — primary (person)
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- Woods — primary (person)
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- Wu — primary (person)
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- Young — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-02** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-02** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2023-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2023-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-03-16** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
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- **2023-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-08** Passed Enrolled
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- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 440 `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/51bfbbf3-69ec-4b32-ab99-873328d2cfcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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