Indiana Senate Bill 377 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 16-1)
Status: Passed on April 29 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-29 - Public Law 158
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Broadband development. Establishes the Indiana broadband connectivity program (program) for the purpose of expanding availability of broadband Internet connectivity throughout Indiana. Provides that as part of the program, the office must establish a public broadband portal through which an individual may report that minimum broadband Internet (defined as a connection to the Internet at an actual speed of at least 25 megabits per second downstream and at least three megabits per second upstream) is unavailable at the individual's residential or business address. Provides that a broadband Internet provider may: (1) register with the program; (2) receive, at least every three months, listings of addresses submitted to the office as addresses at which minimum broadband Internet is unavailable; (3) report to the office any listed address at which the provider's minimum broadband Internet service is already available; and (4) bid for an award of a grant for purposes of extending connectivity to broadband Internet service (defined as a connection to the Internet at an actual speed of at least 50 megabits per second downstream and at least five megabits per second upstream) to an address at which minimum broadband Internet is unavailable. Provides that in evaluating any bids received under the program, the office shall select the provider whose bid presents the lowest cost to the state. Provides that a grant awarded to a provider under the program may not exceed the following: (1) A per-line extension amount that exceeds $25,000, regardless of the number of addresses served by the line extension. (2) A per-passing amount that exceeds the state's cost per passing for all rural broadband grants awarded from the fund as of the last day of the immediately preceding state fiscal year. Requires the office to provide to the general assembly an annual report containing specified data regarding the program. Provides that the office may maintain a geographic information system (GIS) or similar data base that contains spatial data regarding the availability of broadband Internet service in Indiana. Provides that the office may evaluate the broadband Internet coverage map created by the Federal Communications Commission under the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act (FCC map) and: (1) if the office finds that the FCC map: (A) provides address level broadband Internet coverage information; or (B) provides a greater level of detail than the office's broadband Internet coverage map; use the FCC map to update the office's broadband Internet coverage map; or (2) if the office finds that the FCC map does not: (A) provide address level broadband Internet coverage information; or (B) provide a greater level of detail than the office's broadband Internet coverage map; report that finding to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications during the 2022 legislative interim.

Broadband development.

Sen. Andy Zay [R]	Sen. Eric Koch [R]	Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]	Sen. Scott Baldwin [R]
Sen. Brian Buchanan [R]	Sen. Aaron Freeman [R]	Sen. Chris Garten [R]	Sen. Ronald Grooms [R]
Sen. Susan Glick [R]	Sen. Stacey Donato [R]	Sen. Shelli Yoder [D]	Sen. Erin Houchin [R]
Sen. John Crane [R]	Rep. Edmond Soliday [R]	Rep. Sharon Negele [R]	Rep. Ethan Manning [R]
Rep. Timothy O'Brien [R]

2021-04-19 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-04-13 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 89 N: 2 NV: 2 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2021-03-29 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-23 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-02-18 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-11 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-29	Senate	Public Law 158
2021-04-29	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2021-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2021-04-28	House	Signed by the Speaker
2021-04-23	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2021-04-19	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 453: yeas 48, nays 0
2021-04-15	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2021-04-14	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2021-04-13	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 426: yeas 89, nays 2
2021-04-12	House	Representative O'Brien T added as cosponsor
2021-04-06	House	Amendment #1 (Negele) prevailed; voice vote
2021-04-06	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2021-04-05	House	Representatives Negele and Manning added as cosponsors
2021-03-29	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2021-03-04	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
2021-02-24	Senate	Referred to the House
2021-02-23	Senate	Senator Crane added as coauthor
2021-02-23	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Soliday
2021-02-23	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 198: yeas 47, nays 0
2021-02-22	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2021-02-18	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2021-02-15	Senate	Senator Houchin added as coauthor
2021-02-15	Senate	Senators Donato and Yoder added as coauthors
2021-02-15	Senate	Senators Baldwin, Buchanan, Freeman, Garten, Grooms, Glick added as coauthors
2021-02-15	Senate	Senator Charbonneau added as third author
2021-02-15	Senate	Senator Koch added as second author
2021-02-15	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
2021-01-14	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities
2021-01-14	Senate	Authored by Senator Zay

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/377/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/a/d/b/8adbd286/SB0377.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/d/e/4/9de4951a/SB0377.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/5/9/7/c5977506/SB0377.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/f/3/5/ef35116c/SB0377.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/8/2/6/f82637cf/SB0377.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/6/d/9/f6d999fc/SB0377.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/8/a/f/38afbf43/SB0377.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/9/f/c/89fcd592/SB0377.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/7/b/a/57ba44fb/SB0377.05.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/4/4/0/2440fb20/SB0377.05.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/4/f/f/54ff8363/SB0377.06.ENRH.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/f/f/3/dff38a9a/SB0377.04.COMH.AMH001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/2/f/5/e2f55e1b/SB0377.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/c/3/9/5c39a66c/SB0377.01.INTR.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/9/b/8/e9b89ee5/SB0377.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/5/d/2/15d2ed30/SB0377.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/a/9/b/ca9b2912/SB0377.02.COMS.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/9/5/0/a95021c2/SB0377.03.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/8/3/d/583d43cf/SB0377.03.COMS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/b/1/1/ab113ed8/SB0377.03.COMS.FN003.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/0/6/4/10644d29/SB0377.04.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/a/7/e/1a7e52c0/SB0377.03.COMS.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/1/e/9/31e95276/SB0377.05.ENGH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/5/d/6/15d646b8/SB0377.05.ENGH.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/9/8/1/f9810c2f/SB0377.05.ENGH.CON01.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/2/9/f/129fb1f9/SB0377.06.ENRH.FN001.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/5/5/1/d551ef4d/SB0377.01.INTR.02.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/e/a/f/0eaf0d2d/SB0377.02.COMS.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/b/c/4/cbc4b41c/SB0377.198_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/a/e/5/bae556c8/SB0377.03.COMS.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/1/6/b/716b44e8/SB0377.426_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/0/a/0/80a0e9ce/SB0377.453_S.pdf