Competitive telephone companies; regulation of local exchange companies, duties. (HB774)
Introduced By
Del. Tim Hugo (R-Centreville) with support from co-patron Del. Kathy Byron (R-Lynchburg)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Regulation of competitive telephone companies. Establishes a procedure by which certain telephone companies may elect to be regulated as competitive telephone companies. A competitive telephone company will be exempt from the Securities Act and the Utility Transfer Act. The SCC shall continue to have jurisdiction over wholesale telephone services and issues, including the payment of switched network access rates or other intercarrier compensation, interconnection, porting, and numbering. A competitive telephone company in its incumbent territory will continue to be obligated to extend or expand its facilities to furnish retail voice service and facilities when the person, firm, or corporation does not have service available from one or more alternative providers of wireline or terrestrial wireless communications services at prevailing market rates. A competitive telephone company shall have the obligation to provide access to emergency 911 service to its end-user retail customers. The SCC will continue not to have power to regulate contracts between telephone companies and the Commonwealth and its agencies. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/07/2014 | Committee |
01/07/2014 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14103178D |
01/07/2014 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
01/16/2014 | Impact statement from SCC (HB774) |
01/21/2014 | Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (19-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/21/2014 | Committee substitute printed 14104040D-H1 |
01/23/2014 | Read first time |
01/23/2014 | Impact statement from SCC (HB774) |
01/24/2014 | Read second time |
01/24/2014 | Committee substitute agreed to 14104040D-H1 |
01/24/2014 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB774H1 |
01/24/2014 | Impact statement from SCC (HB774H1) |
01/27/2014 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
01/27/2014 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
01/27/2014 | Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 2-A) |
01/27/2014 | VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N 2-A) (see vote tally) |
01/28/2014 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
01/28/2014 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
02/24/2014 | Reported from Commerce and Labor (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/26/2014 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) |
02/27/2014 | Read third time |
02/27/2014 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
03/04/2014 | Enrolled |
03/04/2014 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB774ER) |
03/04/2014 | Signed by Speaker |
03/05/2014 | Impact statement from SCC (HB774ER) |
03/07/2014 | Signed by President |
03/27/2014 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 340 (effective 7/1/14) |
03/27/2014 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0340) |