Commercial Law - Broadband Access - Low-Income Consumer Programs (Maryland Broadband Opportunity and Fairness Act)
Requiring certain broadband providers in the State to establish a program to provide certain broadband services to eligible low-income consumers by December 1, 2026; authorizing the Office of Statewide Broadband in the Department of Housing and Community Development to exempt certain service providers; authorizing a provider, once every 3 years, to increase the price of the service based on certain criteria; requiring the Office beginning November 15, 2027, to annually file a report detailing certain data relative to the program; etc.
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Basic Information
- Status
- Chaptered
- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Type
- Unknown
- Cross-filed
- SB0571
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February 12, 2026
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Feldmark
Pruski
Schindler
Stinnett
Woods
Wims
Fair
Allen
Embry
Kaufman
McCaskill
Pasteur
Wu
Patterson
Young
Ruff
Ruth
Hill
Jones, D.
Rosenberg
Solomon
White Holland
Qi
Forbes
Stein
Ziegler