Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Energy Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2717
Broadband deployment by electric cooperatives; authorize with certain requirements.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF BROADBAND BY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO PROVIDE FOR OWNERSHIP AND OPERATION OF BROADBAND SYSTEMS; TO PROVIDE THAT PUBLIC FUNDS RECEIVED FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF BROADBAND SERVICE MAY ONLY BE USED TO PROVIDE BROADBAND SERVICE IN UNSERVED AREAS; TO REQUIRE NONDISCRIMINATION IN POLE ACCESS; TO PREVENT INTERFERENCE WITH ELECTRIC SYSTEM RELIABILITY; TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE AUDITOR TO INSPECT THE BOOKS OF AN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, ITS AFFILIATES OR COMMERCIAL PARTNERS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 21 to February 5, 2019, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days
EnergyJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature 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 Legislature published it is below.