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2012 Regular Session

Senate Bill 447

AN ACT MODERNIZING THE STATE'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAWS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on May 2, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To remove the requirements for telecommunications providers and telephone companies to file certain tariffs with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, to clarify for telecommunications companies when a document is considered filed, to eliminate the need for certain paper versions of filings and notifications, to clarify when audits are required, to change the process for withdrawal by a telephone company from providing a telecommunications service, to clarify the state's authority to regulate interconnected voice over Internet protocol service, to review certain video providers, to ensure funding for certain programming, to identify how certain funds provided for public access programming may be allocated, to enable out-of-state technicians to perform electrical work in the state during certain emergencies and to expand the areas in which telecommunications towers may be located.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

Its course

March 15 to May 2, 2012, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action10 actions on 6 days

In the SenateMar 15 to May 2 · stopped48 days

Energy and Technology CommitteeMar 15 to Mar 2813 days

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate Mar 15 – Mar 28

  1. Mar 15Introduced and sent to Energy and Technology Committee
  2. Mar 16Heard in Energy and Technology Committee
  3. Mar 28Energy and Technology Committee recommended it
All 10 actions, as published
  1. Mar 15REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Mar 16PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 28Joint FavorableBoth houses
  4. Mar 28FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Apr 9REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Apr 16RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Apr 16FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
  8. Apr 16SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
  9. Apr 16FILE NO.Both houses
  10. May 2MOVED TO FOOT OF CAL., SENATESenate