KY HB152 | 2015 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-2)
Status: Passed on March 12 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-12 - signed by Governor (Acts ch. 002)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [MS Word]
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-2)
Status: Passed on March 12 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-12 - signed by Governor (Acts ch. 002)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [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; give utility option to substitute internet protocol or wireless service in some situations; provide that customers in some situations would have right to reject IP or wireless service and have their wireline restored; federal jurisdiction unaffected, especially over carrier to carrier issues; end PSC jurisdiction over consumer cellphone complaints; end PSC jurisdiction over consumer broadband complaints; retain PSC jurisdiction over wholesale issues, carrier to carrier, anti-competitive practices; amend KRS 278.54611and 278.5462 to conform.
Title
AN ACT relating to telecommunications.
Sponsors
| Rep. Rick Rand [D] | Rep. Jim Gooch [R] | Rep. James Kay [D] | Rep. Russ Meyer [D] |
| Rep. Ruth Palumbo [D] | Rep. Tanya Pullin [D] | Rep. Steven Riggs [D] | Rep. Sal Santoro [R] |
| Rep. Kevin Sinnette [D] | Rep. Thomas Thompson [D] | Rep. John Tilley [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-03-12 | House | signed by Governor (Acts ch. 002) |
| 2015-03-03 | House | delivered to Governor |
| 2015-03-03 | House | enrolled, signed by each presiding officer |
| 2015-03-03 | House | received in House |
| 2015-03-02 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 30-3 |
| 2015-03-02 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 2, 2015 |
| 2015-03-02 | Senate | reported favorably, to Rules |
| 2015-03-02 | Senate | to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S) |
| 2015-02-27 | Senate | returned to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2015-02-27 | Senate | 2nd reading |
| 2015-02-27 | Senate | taken from Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2015-02-26 | Senate | returned to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2015-02-26 | Senate | 1st reading |
| 2015-02-26 | Senate | taken from Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2015-02-25 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2015-02-24 | House | passed 71-25 with floor amendment (10) |
| 2015-02-24 | House | floor amendments (3) (6) and (11) defeated |
| 2015-02-24 | House | 3rd reading |
| 2015-02-23 | House | floor amendments (10) and (11) filed |
| 2015-02-12 | House | floor amendment (9) filed |
| 2015-02-10 | House | placed in the Orders of the Day |
| 2015-02-10 | House | taken from Rules |
| 2015-02-10 | House | floor amendments (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) and (8) filed |
| 2015-02-06 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2015-02-05 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| 2015-02-03 | House | posted in committee |
| 2015-01-09 | House | to Economic Development (H) |
| 2015-01-08 | House | introduced in House |
