Wyoming Senate Bill 140 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-03 - S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

AN ACT relating to telecommunications regulation; amending and repealing portions of the Wyoming Telecommunications Act; extending the act’s sunset date; amending definitions; deleting references to and regulation of interexchange telecommunication companies; specifying and amending application of the act; removing or repealing unnecessary statutory language; amending application of the act to voice over internet protocol; amending the standards for determining if a company is subject to competition; amending the regulatory authority and standards applicable to telecommunication pricing and service requirements; amending the authority of the Wyoming public service commission; specifying when a company may withdraw telecommunications service; amending price complaint procedures and standards; amending the application of existing laws to telecommunication companies as public utilities; limiting services that qualify for benefits under the universal service fund; specifying and amending application of the universal service fund; providing for the conclusion and eventual defunding of the universal service fund; and providing for an effective date.

Wyoming Telecommunications Act-rewrite.

Sen. Cale Case [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-03		S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4
2015-02-09	Senate	No report prior to CoW Cutoff
2015-01-28	Senate	Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations
2015-01-28	Senate	Received for Introduction
2015-01-28		Bill Number Assigned

Type	Source
Summary	http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2015/Digest/SF0140.pdf
Text	http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2015/Introduced/SF0140.pdf