KY SB99 | 2014 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 31 2014 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-04-14 - floor amendments (5) and (6) filed to Committee Substitute
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]
Status: Engrossed on January 31 2014 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-04-14 - floor amendments (5) and (6) filed to Committee Substitute
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]
Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to modify the telecommunications deregulation plan in KRS 278.541 et.seq.; end most Public Service Commission authority over exchanges with 15,000 or more housing units; for less populous exchanges, PSC jurisdiction reduced and obligation to provide basic local exchange (wireline) service is reduced; utility would have option to substitute internet protocol or wireless service in some situations; customers in some situations would have the right to reject IP or wireless service and have their wireline restored; remove PSC jurisdiction over transfer of ownership or control of telecoms who adopt these modifications; eliminate PSC control and city control over consolidation of telecom operations within a city; federal jurisdiction, especially over carrier to carrier issues unaffected; end PSC jurisdiction over consumer cellphone complaints; end PSC jurisdiction over consumer broadband complaints; amend KRS 278.54611 to conform.
Title
AN ACT relating to telecommunications.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2014-04-14 | House | floor amendments (5) and (6) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2014-03-27 | House | floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (3) and (4-title) filed |
| 2014-03-24 | House | floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2014-03-20 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 21, 2014 |
| 2014-03-14 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2014-03-13 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute |
| 2014-03-11 | House | posted in committee |
| 2014-02-03 | House | to Economic Development (H) |
| 2014-01-31 | House | received in House |
| 2014-01-30 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 34-4 with Committee Substitute |
| 2014-01-30 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 30, 2014 |
| 2014-01-30 | Senate | reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute |
| 2014-01-29 | Senate | returned to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S) |
| 2014-01-29 | Senate | 2nd reading |
| 2014-01-29 | Senate | taken from Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S) |
| 2014-01-28 | Senate | returned to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S) |
| 2014-01-28 | Senate | 1st reading |
| 2014-01-28 | Senate | taken from Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S) |
| 2014-01-28 | Senate | to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S) |
| 2014-01-24 | Senate | introduced in Senate |
