Roll Call: IN HB1626 | 2017 | Regular Session
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Bill Title: Study of universal service for telecommunications. Provides that a local governmental unit (unit) that wishes to be certified as a broadband ready community must establish a procedure (procedure) under which the unit promotes increasing the number of subscribers to broadband services in the unit after the unit is certified as a broadband ready community. Specifies criteria for the procedure. Prohibits: (1) discrimination among communication service providers with respect to broadband adoption in the unit; and (2) imposition of a fee on communications service providers to fund promotion of broadband adoption in the unit; under the procedure established to promote broadband
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-04-12 - Public Law 33 [HB1626 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Bill Title: Study of universal service for telecommunications. Provides that a local governmental unit (unit) that wishes to be certified as a broadband ready community must establish a procedure (procedure) under which the unit promotes increasing the number of subscribers to broadband services in the unit after the unit is certified as a broadband ready community. Specifies criteria for the procedure. Prohibits: (1) discrimination among communication service providers with respect to broadband adoption in the unit; and (2) imposition of a fee on communications service providers to fund promotion of broadband adoption in the unit; under the procedure established to promote broadband
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-04-12 - Public Law 33 [HB1626 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Vote: Senate - Committee Vote
| Vote | Tally | Democrat | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | 7 | - | 7 |
| Nay | - | - | - |
| Not Voting | - | - | - |
| Absent | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 7 | 7 |
Result: Passed
| Name | Yea | Nay | NV | Absent | Financial | Encyclopedia | Biography |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sen. Delph, Michael [R] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart | ||||
| Sen. Houchin, Erin [R] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart | ||||
| Sen. Koch, Eric Allan [R] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart | ||||
| Sen. Leising, Jean [R] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart | ||||
| Sen. Merritt Jr., James W. [R] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart | ||||
| Sen. Messmer, Mark B. [R] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart | ||||
| Sen. Tomes, James "Jim" [R] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
