Delaware House Bill 121 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: Passed on August 16 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-08-16 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Delaware has two regulatory schemes for competitive local exchange carriers providing telecommunication services in Delaware. Under Section 707 of Title 26, a local exchange carrier cannot charge a switched access rate higher than that charged by the largest service provider in the State. Currently, Section 301 of Title 26 does not contain this same rate ceiling. This legislation provides parity between the two regulatory processes so that regardless of the regulatory scheme governing the carrier, the switched access rates of all Delaware carriers would be subject to the same ceiling. This legislation closes a loop hole and treats all carriers equally by applying the existing ceiling to all carriers. This legislation mirrors the unified ceiling in federal law for rates for interstate service.

An Act To Amend Title 26 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Rate Schedules And Rate Classifications.

Rep. Michael Barbieri [D]	Sen. Anthony DeLuca [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]
Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Sen. Gregory Lavelle [R]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Teresa Schooley [D]
Rep. Darryl Scott [D]	Rep. John Viola [D]

2011-06-30 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-06-16 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-08-16		Signed by Governor
2011-06-30		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-06-30		Necessary rules are suspended in Senate
2011-06-21		Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
2011-06-16		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 38 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-06-08		Reported Out of Committee (TELECOMMUNICATION INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY) in House with 6 On Its Merits
2011-05-12		Introduced and Assigned to Telecommunication Internet & Technology Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/d80ef5b71fee2b7a8525788c006d5b48?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+121/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/d9628449ac192b35852578b1007781ae?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/2678cfcc58286c60852578c000114e98?OpenDocument