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2007 SESSION

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HB 1755 Utility Transfers Act; telephone companies.

Introduced by: Terry G. Kilgore | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Utility Transfers Act; telephone companies.  Eliminates the requirement that the State Corporation Commission approve the acquisition or disposal of the assets or of control of a telephone company. The measure will not apply to transactions for which applications seeking Commission approval were filed prior to July 1, 2007.

FULL TEXT

• 12/27/06  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 074800372  pdf | impact statement
• 01/19/07  House: Printed as engrossed 074800372-E  pdf | impact statement
• 02/22/07  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1755ER)  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House amendments
• Governor's veto explanation

HISTORY

• 12/27/06  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 074800372
• 12/27/06  House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 01/16/07  House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (20-Y 0-N)
• 01/18/07  House: Read first time
• 01/19/07  House: Read second time
• 01/19/07  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 01/19/07  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1755E
• 01/19/07  House: Printed as engrossed 074800372-E
• 01/22/07  House: Read third time and passed House (94-Y 1-N 1-A)
• 01/22/07  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (94-Y 1-N 1-A)
• 01/22/07  House: Communicated to Senate
• 01/23/07  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/23/07  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/12/07  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 2-N 1-A)
• 02/14/07  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/07  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/07  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/14/07  Senate: Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/07  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/07  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/15/07  Senate: Read third time
• 02/15/07  Senate: Passed Senate (23-Y 13-N 1-A)
• 02/15/07  Senate: VOTE: (23-Y 13-N 1-A)
• 02/15/07  Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/07  Senate: VOTE: (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/07  Senate: Passed Senate (24-Y 13-N 1-A)
• 02/15/07  Senate: VOTE: (24-Y 13-N 1-A)
• 02/22/07  House: Enrolled
• 02/22/07  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1755ER)
• 02/23/07  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/24/07  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/26/07  Governor: Vetoed by Governor
• 04/03/07  House: Placed on Calendar
• 04/04/07  House: Motion to override Governor's veto rejected (64-Y 34-N 1-A)
• 04/04/07  House: VOTE: OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO (64-Y 34-N 1-A)
• 04/04/07  House: Requires 2/3 affirmative votes for passage
• 04/04/07  House: House sustained Governor's veto