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Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 9, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 9, 2024
- Done: House committeeFebruary 13, 2024
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 2581
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 2581 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2581 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary People planning to dig underground must follow new rules for when they send notices to the notification center. These rules change how the 48-hour waiting period is calculated and how long a notice stays valid. This affects anyone performing excavations, such as construction workers or utility operators.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to required timing for notices regarding underground facility excavations. _____ operator to provide notice to the notification center prior to a planned excavation, after locating and marking the area for excavation, or when no underground facility is located in the proposed area. A notice for a planned excavation initiates a 48-hour period and other required notices must occur within the 48-hour period. the next business day after the notification center receives a notice and excludes Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. the following day. The bill provides that notice shall be valid for calendar days after the conclusion of the 48-hour period. Current law provides that notice is valid for calendar days from the date the notice was provided to the notification center.
Changed since by amendments S-5142, H-8094; see Amendments.
House subcommittee
Named January 9, 2024. On January 24, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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13 for · 8 against · 28 undecided · Who →
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