HB800
Public service companies; pole attachments to accommodate cable TV systems & telecommunications.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Public service companies; pole attachments; cable television systems and telecommunications service providers.
Requires a public utility, as defined in the bill, to establish and adhere to pole attachment practices and procedures that comply with certain requirements, including determining whether an attachment request is complete before reviewing such request on its merits, complying with certain timelines, and providing notice of a rearrangement to ... (More) affected existing attachers. The bill provides that a public utility shall not apportion to a telecommunications service provider or cable television system the cost of replacing a red-tagged pole, as defined in the bill, provided that such utility may apportion to such provider or system the incremental cost of a taller or stronger pole that is necessitated solely by the new facilities of such provider or system. The bill authorizes the State Corporation Commission to enforce its provisions and requires the Commission to resolve disputes involving pole access within 90 days and concerning certain other matters within 120 days. This bill is identical to SB 713. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/09/2024 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105075D
- 01/09/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/18/2024 - House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
- 02/05/2024 - House: Impact statement from SCC (HB800)
- 02/06/2024 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/06/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/2024 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/2024 - House: Committee substitute printed 24107113D-H1
- 02/11/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/12/2024 - House: Read second time
- 02/12/2024 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107113D-H1
- 02/12/2024 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB800H1
- 02/13/2024 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2024 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/19/2024 - House: Impact statement from SCC (HB800H1)
- 02/26/2024 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/2024 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/29/2024 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/2024 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/2024 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/25/2024 - House: Enrolled
- 03/25/2024 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB800ER)
- 03/25/2024 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/2024 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/2024 - House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/17/2024 - House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 04/17/2024 - House: BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
- 04/17/2024 - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/17/2024 - Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/17/2024 - House: Reenrolled
- 04/17/2024 - House: Reenrolled bill text (HB800ER2)
- 04/17/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/17/2024 - Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/17/2024 - House: Enacted, Chapter 822 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/17/2024 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0822)
