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2024 Regular Session

House Bill 5446

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY ACCESS TELEVISION, THE CONNECTICUT TELEVISION NETWORK AND LOW-INCOME INTERNET ACCESS AND TAXATION OF COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES PROVIDERS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 9, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) extend the gross earnings tax on cable and satellite television companies to communications services providers, (2) change the method of funding community access television operations, the Public, Educational and Governmental Programming and Educational Technology Investment Account Grant Program and the Connecticut Television Network, and (3) report on a possible program to support low-income households with broadband Internet subscriptions.

Sponsors

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

In the House of Representatives

23 co-sponsors

Jaime S. Foster, Anthony L. Nolan, Josh Elliott, Robin E. Comey, Mary M. Mushinsky, Eleni Kavros DeGraw, Mike Demicco, Aundre Bumgardner, Melissa Osborne, Kate Farrar, Moira Rader, Gary A. Turco Jr., Kevin Brown, Jane M. Garibay, Brandon Chafee, Bobby G. Gibson Jr., David Michel, James Sanchez, Christopher Rosario, Michelle L. Cook, Sarah Keitt, Chris Aniskovich, Joshua M. Hall

In the Senate

    1 co-sponsor

    MD Rahman

    Its course

    March 7 to April 9, 2024, 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 action9 actions on 6 days

    In the House of RepresentativesMar 7 to Apr 9 · stopped33 days

    Energy and Technology CommitteeMar 7 to Mar 2114 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 House of Representatives Mar 7 – Mar 21

    1. Mar 7Introduced and sent to Energy and Technology Committee
    2. Mar 8Heard in Energy and Technology Committee
    3. Mar 21Energy and Technology Committee recommended it
    All 9 actions, as published
    1. Mar 7REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 8PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 21Joint FavorableBoth houses
    4. Mar 22FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Apr 2REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Apr 9RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Apr 9FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    8. Apr 9HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    9. Apr 9FILE NO.Both houses