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2004 SESSION
HB 938 Telephone companies; local exchange service competition policy.
Introduced by: Terry G. Kilgore | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Telecommunications; competition policy. Directs the State Corporation Commission, in resolving issues and cases concerning local exchange telephone service under the federal Telecommunications Act or state law to consider it in the public interest, as appropriate, to treat all providers of local exchange telephone services in an equitable fashion and without undue discrimination and, to the greatest extent possible, apply the same rules to all providers of local exchange telephone services. The Commission is also required to consider it in the public interest, as appropriate, to promote competitive product offerings, investments, and innovations from all providers of such services in all areas of the Commonwealth and to reduce or eliminate any requirement to price retail and wholesale products and services at levels that do not permit providers of such services to recover their costs of those products and services.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 040456372 pdf
- 02/13/04 House: Committee substitute printed 049567372-H1 pdf
- 03/05/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB938ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/22/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0151) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 040456372
- 01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/12/04 House: Reported from C. & L. with substitute (18-Y 4-N)
- 02/13/04 House: Committee substitute printed 049567372-H1
- 02/14/04 House: Read first time
- 02/16/04 House: Read second time
- 02/16/04 House: Committee substitute agreed to 049567372-H1
- 02/16/04 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB938H1
- 02/17/04 House: Read third time and passed House (86-Y 13-N 1-A)
- 02/17/04 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (86-Y 13-N 1-A)
- 02/17/04 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/17/04 House: Passed House (81-Y 18-N 1-A)
- 02/17/04 House: VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (81-Y 18-N 1-A)
- 02/17/04 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/19/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/19/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 03/01/04 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 2-N 1-A)
- 03/03/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/04 Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/04 Senate: Passed Senate (35-Y 4-N 1-A)
- 03/04/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (35-Y 4-N 1-A)
- 03/04/04 Senate: Rec. of Sen. passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/04 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/04 Senate: Passed Senate (33-Y 5-N 1-A)
- 03/04/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (33-Y 5-N 1-A)
- 03/05/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB938ER)
- 03/08/04 House: Enrolled
- 03/08/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/16/04 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 151 (effective 7/1/04)
- 03/22/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0151)