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HB 999

EnactedEmergency billCrossfile SB 540
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Member-Regulated Cooperatives - Establishment (Rural Broadband for the Eastern Shore Act of 2020)

Sponsor: Sheree Sample-Hughes (District 37A)Committee: Economic MattersSubject: Utility RegulationStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 606 (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

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.

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Testimony (69)

MGA witness list
FAV 63FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 4Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVBresnahan, TammyAARP MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDudley, WickBay Area Association of RealtorsWritten (PDF)
FAVWest, DonnaCEC Boaed of DirectorsOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMathias, CraigCEC Board of DirectorsOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHovis, JoanneCTC Technology & EnergyWritten (PDF)
FAVSnyder, TraceyCaroline County Chamber of CommercePosition only
FAVSnyder, TracyCaroline County Chamber of CommerceWritten (PDF)
FAVPorter, LarryCaroline County CommissionersWritten (PDF)
FAVBowden, DebbieCaroline County Economic DevelopmentOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSaelens, PatriciaCaroline County Superintendent of Public SchoolsPosition only
FAVMassey, JamesCecil County GovernmentWritten (PDF)
FAVDudley, WickCecil County RealtorsWritten (PDF)
FAVCoppersmith, Dr. CliffordChesapeake CollegeWritten (PDF)
FAVDahl, SarahChoptank Electric CooperativePosition only
FAVMalandro, MikeChoptank Electric CooperativeOral + Written (PDF)
FAVTeffeau, MattChoptank Electric CooperativeOral + Written (PDF)
FAVConnelly, ValerielobbyistChoptank Eletric CooperativePosition only
FAVForte, jonathanChoptank Health Community SystemOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWilliams, JamieChoptank Member- Queen Anne's CountyWritten (PDF)
FAVScott, JasonChoptank Member_Dorchester CountyPosition only
FAVDay, JacobCity of SalisburyWritten (PDF)
FAVRayne, SarahCoastal Association of RealtorsWritten (PDF)
FAVPorter, HollylobbyistDPIWritten (PDF)
FAVChambers, BillDorchester County Chamber of CommerceWritten (PDF)
FAVLane, DonnaDorchester County CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVLane, DonnaDorchester County CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVBromwell, DaveDorchester County Superintendent of SchoolsOral + Written (PDF)
FAVVenditta, JohnEastern Shore Regional LibraryWritten (PDF)
FAVGaddis, Dr. JohnEastern Shore of MD Educational ConsortiumWritten (PDF)
FAVSobczako, Dee AnnaKent Fiber Optic Systems, LLCWritten (PDF)
FAVJabin, DrewMACoOral + Written (PDF)
FAVCASTELLI, BILLMD REALTORSWritten (PDF)
FAVFerguson, ColbyMaryland Farm BureauWritten (PDF)
FAVThompson, lindsaylobbyistMaryland Grain ProducersOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWhitten, jenniferMaryland Hospital AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWilson, LaraMaryland Rural Health AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVZent, Dr. TereasaMaryland Telehealth AlliancePosition only
FAVZent, TeresaMaryland Telehealth AllianceOral
FAVWarner, ScottMid -Shore Regional CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVFuchs, KurtlobbyistMid-Altantic Farm CreditWritten (PDF)
FAVHayward, SusieMid-Shore Association of RealtorsWritten (PDF)
FAVPlyar, PhillipMountaire FarmsWritten (PDF)
FAVFiddler, Dr. KathrynPeninsula Regional Health SystemPosition only
FAVFriday, LindaQueen Anne County Chamber of CommerceWritten (PDF)
FAVWilson, JackQueen Anne County CommissionerOral + Written (PDF)
FAVChambers, BillSalisbury Area Chamber of CommerceWritten (PDF)
FAVRyan, DavidSalisbury-Wicomico Economic DevelopmentWritten (PDF)
FAVTaylor, RalphSomerset County GovernmentWritten (PDF)
FAVGoyda, EdSomerset County LibraryWritten (PDF)
FAVThompson, DannySomerset Economic DevelopmentWritten (PDF)
FAVWagner, MarkThink Big NetworksWritten (PDF)
FAVMare, DonTown of DentonWritten (PDF)
FAVPadgham, GregoryTri-County Council for the Lower Eastern ShoreWritten (PDF)
FAVJacobs, DonnaUniversity of Maryland Medical SystemWritten (PDF)
FAVVehorn, AndrewVirginia, Marlyand, and Delaware Association of Electric CooperativesWritten (PDF)
FAVAcle, NicoleWicomico County CouncilOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHoy, Dr. RayWor-Wic Community CollegeWritten (PDF)
FAVMitrecic, JospehWorcester County CommissionersWritten (PDF)
FAVhunter, lisachoptank member- talbot countyPosition only
FAVchapel, bobchoptank member-caroline countyPosition only
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Organizations on record

DPIFAV 1
GENONINFO 1
MACoFAV 1
VerizonFWA 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVConnelly, ValerieChoptank Eletric CooperativeRegistered for: Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc.
FAVPorter, HollyDPIRegistered for: Delmarva Chicken Association
FAVThompson, lindsayMaryland Grain ProducersRegistered for: Alliance to Prevent Legionnaire's Disease; American Farmland Trust; CropLife America; Delaware-Maryland Agribusiness Association; Denali Water Solutions; Horizon Farm Credit
FAVFuchs, KurtMid-Altantic Farm CreditRegistered for: Easton Utilities Commission; Horizon Farm Credit