KY HB348 | 2021 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 52-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-03-02 - recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Pending: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 3 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-03-02 - recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Pending: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Repeal and reenact KRS 246.010 to alphabetize the definitions and add definitions for "broadband" or "broadband service," "broadband deployment fund," "broadband deployment project area," "census block," "shapefile," "underserved area," and "unserved area"; amend KRS 246.030 to add the Office of Innovation to the Department of Agriculture; create a new section of KRS Chapter 246 establishing the Office of Innovation and providing the duties and responsibilities of the office; create a new section of KRS Chapter 246 establishing the broadband deployment fund in the Office of Innovation; repeal KRS 224A.1121 and reenact as a new section KRS Chapter 246, amending all references of the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to the Office of Innovation, and authorizing the Department of Agriculture to promulgate administrative regulations for the broadband deployment fund program; amend KRS 224A.011 to delete all definitions related to the broadband deployment fund program; amend KRS 224A.110 to delete all references to the broadband deployment fund program; amend KRS 224A.112 to delete all references to the broadband deployment fund program; amend KRS 154.15-020 to require the Kentucky Communications Network Authority to obtain written permission from the Office of Innovation before applying for federal funds; amend KRS 18A.115 to exempt Office of Innovation employees from classified service under KRS 18A.005 to 18A.200; APPROPRIATION.
Title
AN ACT relating to broadband and making an appropriation therefor.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-02 | House | recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) |
| 2021-03-02 | House | taken from the Orders of the Day |
| 2021-02-23 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 24, 2021 |
| 2021-02-23 | House | reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute |
| 2021-02-22 | House | returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H) |
| 2021-02-22 | House | 1st reading |
| 2021-02-22 | House | taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H) |
| 2021-02-04 | House | posted in committee |
| 2021-02-04 | House | to Appropriations & Revenue (H) |
| 2021-02-03 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2021-02-03 | House | introduced in House |
Subjects
Agriculture
Appropriations
Communications
Fiscal Note
Information Technology
Local Mandate
Public Utilities
Technology
Telecommunications
Appropriations
Communications
Fiscal Note
Information Technology
Local Mandate
Public Utilities
Technology
Telecommunications
