Maryland House Bill 999 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 12-1)
Status: Passed on May 8 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-05-08 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 606
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Establishing a process for an electric cooperative to operate as a member-regulated cooperative in a certain area; requiring a cooperative's board of directors to hold a certain meeting and forums and provide a certain notice and information to the cooperative's members on whether to operate as a member-regulated cooperative; requiring a member-regulated cooperative to report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the status of the deployment of broadband Internet service to the cooperative's members; etc.

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

Del. Sheree Sample-Hughes [D]	Del. Christopher Adams [R]	Del. Carl Anderton [R]	Del. Steven Arentz [R]
Del. Jeff Ghrist [R]	Del. Michael Griffith [R]	Del. Wayne Hartman [R]	Del. Kevin Hornberger [R]
Del. Jay Jacobs [R]	Sen. Johnny Mautz [R]	Sen. Mike McKay [R]	Del. Charles Otto [R]
Del. Teresa Reilly [R]

2020-03-18 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 126 N: 0 NV: 7 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2020-03-18 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 45 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2020-03-15 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 131 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 7) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-08	House	Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 606
2020-03-18	House	Passed Enrolled
2020-03-18	House	Third Reading Passed (126-0)
2020-03-18	House	House Concurs Senate Amendments
2020-03-18	Senate	Third Reading Passed (45-0)
2020-03-18	Senate	Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Hershey) Adopted
2020-03-18	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2020-03-18	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {677073/1 Adopted
2020-03-18	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2020-03-16	Senate	Referred Finance
2020-03-15	House	Third Reading Passed (131-0)
2020-03-14	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2020-03-14	House	Favorable with Amendments {693896/1 Adopted
2020-03-14	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
2020-02-06	House	Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-02-05	House	First Reading Economic Matters

SB540 (Crossfiled) 2020-01-31 - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Corporations and Associations	5	601	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Corporations and Associations	5	607	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Corporations and Associations	5	632	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Corporations and Associations	5	635	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Corporations and Associations	5	636	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Corporations and Associations	5	637	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Corporations and Associations	5	638	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Corporations and Associations	5	639	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Corporations and Associations	5	640	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Corporations and Associations	5	641	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Corporations and Associations	5	642	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Corporations and Associations	5	643	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Corporations and Associations	5	644	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Corporations and Associations	5	648	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Public Utilities	2	112	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0999?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0999f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0999t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0999e.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/amds/bil_0009/hb0999_69389601.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/amds/bil_0009/hb0999_67707301.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/hb0999_ecm.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/hb0999_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/House/0764.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/Senate/1016.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/House/1229.pdf