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Relating to public utility access to public road rights-of-way
Sponsored by the Senate Commerce Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 25, 2022
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 2, 2022
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Skipped: House committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 23, 202293–4
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Government agencies that manage roads cannot force utility companies to use the agency's own pipes or conduits just to get access to a public road. Instead, these agencies must allow utility companies to use their existing conduits for broadband projects in a fair and equal way. This change clarifies the rules for companies building internet infrastructure.1
Read the official explanation
This bill prohibits a governmental body which exercises jurisdiction over roadways (agency) from requiring a public utility to place utility facilities within an agency-owned conduit as a condition of accessing a public road. An agency in control of a road must provide nondiscriminatory access to the road and nondiscriminatory access to an agency-owned conduit for projects related to broadband infrastructure. Current law is silent as to whether an agency can require a public utility to use an agency’s conduit as a condition of accessing a public road.
Changed since by amendment H-8031; see Amendments.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 25, 2022 (as SSB 3057). On January 26, 2022 it recommended amendment and passage.
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