Maryland Senate Bill 649 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on May 4 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-05-04 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 533
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Providing that a specified local telephone company provide "lifeline" to qualifying low-income consumers under specified circumstances; repealing a requirement that a telephone company charge an eligible subscriber a percentage of a specified tariff under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of Human Resources to provide specified information to local telephone companies to the extent allowed by State law in addition to federal law and until specified eligibility is determined; etc.

Public Utilities - Telephone Lifeline Service - Revisions

Sen. Thomas Middleton [D]

Sen. Joanne Benson [D]

Sen. Nathaniel Oaks [D]

2017-03-20 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (141-0) (Y: 141 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-03-15 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (47-0) (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-04	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 533
2017-03-27	Senate	Returned Passed
2017-03-23	House	Third Reading Passed (141-0)
2017-03-22	House	Second Reading Passed
2017-03-22	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2017-03-22	House	Favorable Report by Economic Matters
2017-03-15	House	First Reading Economic Matters
2017-03-15	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2017-03-13	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2017-03-13	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {807274/1 Report Adopted
2017-03-09	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2017-03-07	Senate	Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-02-03	Senate	First Reading Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0649?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0649f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0649t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/Chapters_noln/CH_533_sb0649t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/amds/bil_0009/sb0649_80727401.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0009/sb0649.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/sb0649_fin.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/sb0649_ecm.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0649,s-0562&stab=02&ys=2017RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0649,h-0882&stab=02&ys=2017RS