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IntroducedJan 21, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 20, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Commercial Law - Broadband Access - Low-Income Consumer Programs (Maryland Broadband Opportunity and Fairness Act)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 23, 2026: Referred Finance
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 382
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Feldmarkcosponsor
- Forbescosponsor
- Hillcosponsor
- D. Jonescosponsor
- Kaufmancosponsor
- McCaskillcosponsor
- Pasteurcosponsor
- Pattersoncosponsor
- Pruskicosponsor
- Qicosponsor
- Rosenbergcosponsor
- Ruffcosponsor
- Ruthcosponsor
- Schindlercosponsor
- Solomoncosponsor
- Steincosponsor
- Stinnettcosponsor
- White Hollandcosponsor
- Wimscosponsor
- Woodscosponsor
- Wucosponsor
- Youngcosponsor
- Zieglercosponsor
Votes
YES: 95
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Ivey
- Pruski
- Stein
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Johnson, A.
- Qi
- Stewart
- Addison
- Davis
- Jones, D.
- Queen
- Stinnett
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Kaiser
- Roberson
- Taveras
- Alston
- Edelson
- Kaufman
- Roberts
- Taylor
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kerr
- Rogers
- Terrasa
- Bagnall
- Fair
- Korman
- Rosenberg
- Toles
- Barnes
- Feldmark
- Lehman
- Ross
- Valderrama
- Bartlett
- Fennell
- Lewis
- Ruff
- Vogel
- Behler
- Foley
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Watson
- Bhandari
- Forbes
- Martinez
- Sample-Hughes
- Wells
- Boafo
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- McCaskill
- Schindler
- White Holland
- Boyce
- Guyton
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Wilkins
- Cardin
- Guzzone
- Moon
- Shetty
- Williams
- Chang
- Harrison
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Wims
- Charkoudian
- Healey
- Odom
- Simpson
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Hill
- Palakovich Carr
- Smith
- Woorman
- Coley
- Holmes
- Patterson
- Solomon
- Wu
- Conaway
- Hornberger
- Phillips
- Spiegel
- Ziegler
NO: 34
NOT VOTING: 6
EXCUSED: 1
Actions
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Finance
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (95-34)
- Mar 19, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- Favorable with Amendments {323527/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Jan 28, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 21, 2026 | House
- First Reading Economic Matters
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Commercial Law - Broadband Access - Low-Income Consumer Programs (Maryland Broadband Opportunity and Fairness Act)PDF
- Amendments {323527/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Third - Commercial Law - Broadband Access - Low-Income Consumer Programs (Maryland Broadband Opportunity and Fairness Act)PDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Economic MattersPDF
- Video: Economic MattersHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Delegate Fair, Delegate Fair
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Lynott, Nancy (League of Women Voters of Maryland)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Stokes, Megan (CCIA)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- LeGrand, Gretchen (Robert W. Deutsch Foundation)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Crandall, Jeremy (CTIA)
- ECM Testimony, UNF -- durkin, margaret
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Snyder, Co-Chair, Abby (Poverty Free Maryland)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Wisniewski, Amanda (Maryland Legal Aid)
- ECM Testimony, UNF -- Connelly, Valerie (Choptank Electric Cooperative)
- ECM Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Schwerbel, Steven (WISPA - The Association for Broadband Without Boundaries)
- ECM Testimony, UNF -- Vetter, Drew
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Kovacs, Lisa (Maryland Association of Local Management Boards)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Martinez, Madelin (Catholic Charities)
- ECM Testimony, UNF -- Plymouth, Paul (Verizon)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Morningstar, Sara (Montgomery County Government)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Wilson Randall, Claudia (Community Development Network of Maryland)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Themelis, Nina (Mayor's Office of Government Relations)
- ECM Testimony, UNF -- Wiggins, Grason (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Bevan-Dangel, Jennifer (Economic Action Maryland Fund)
- ECM Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Horrigan, John
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Ball, Calvin (Howard County Exec)
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