Indiana Senate Bill 469 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 16 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-03 - First Reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures
Pending: House Rules and Legislative Procedures Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Rural broadband. Urges the legislative council (council) to assign to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications (committee) the topic of the provision of affordable broadband services in unserved areas in Indiana. Provides that if the topic is assigned to the committee, the committee shall: (1) consider specific strategies to encourage the provision of affordable broadband services in unserved areas in Indiana; and (2) issue a final report, including any recommendations for legislation, to the council not later than November 1, 2015.

Rural broadband. Urges the legislative council (council) to assign to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications (committee) the topic of the provision of affordable broadband services in unserved areas in Indiana. Provides that if the topic is assigned to the committee, the committee shall: (1) consider specific strategies to encourage the provision of affordable broadband services in unserved areas in Indiana; and (2) issue a final report, including any recommendations for legislation, to the council not later than November 1, 2015.

Sen. Erin Houchin [R]	Sen. Randall Head [R]	Sen. Jean Leising [R]	Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]
Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Sen. Eric Koch [R]	Rep. Lloyd Arnold [R]	Rep. Randall Frye [R]

2015-02-09 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2015-01-29 - Senate - Senate Committee on Commerce & Technology - Committee Vote (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-03	House	First Reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures
2015-02-16	Senate	Referred to the House
2015-02-09	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2015-02-09	Senate	Representatives Arnold and Frye added as cosponsors
2015-02-09	Senate	Representative Koch added as sponsor
2015-02-09	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 113: yeas 48, nays 1
2015-02-05	Senate	Amendment #1 (Houchin) prevailed; voice vote
2015-02-05	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2015-02-02	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2015-01-29	Senate	Senator Raatz added as coauthor
2015-01-29	Senate	Senator Leising added as third author
2015-01-29	Senate	Senator Head added as second author
2015-01-14	Senate	First Reading: referred to Committee on Commerce & Technology
2015-01-14	Senate	Authored by Senator Houchin

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/469/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/1/e/b/11eb10ab/SB0469.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/e/9/f/2e9faeff/SB0469.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/8/6/1/c8617942/SB0469.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/7/0/7/7707e4fa/SB0469.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/3/5/7/23576133/SB0469.03.ENGS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/2/6/4/62649344/SB0469.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/c/3/9/bc3960b0/SB0469.113.pdf