SB 264 IN

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Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications (committee) the topic of the installation and leasing of broadband capacity infrastructure by investor owned electric utilities to broadband service providers for the provision of broadband Internet service to unserved and underserved areas in Indiana. Provides that if a study is assigned to the committee: (1) the committee must consider certain specified issues; and (2) an electric utility may submit to the committee, not later than July 1, 2021, a study concerning the feasibility of making available broadband capacity infrastructure for use by broadband service providers in providing broadband service in unserved or underserved areas in the electric utility's assigned service area.

• Eric Koch Republican · author
• Chip Perfect · author
• Erin Houchin · author
• Edmond Soliday Republican · sponsor

1. Jan 11, 2021 Authored by Senator Koch · upper
2. Jan 11, 2021 First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities · upper
3. Jan 28, 2021 Committee report: do pass, adopted · upper
4. Feb 1, 2021 Second reading: ordered engrossed · upper
5. Feb 2, 2021 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 54: yeas 47, nays 0 · upper
6. Feb 2, 2021 House sponsor: Representative Soliday · upper
7. Feb 2, 2021 Senator Perfect added as second author · upper
8. Feb 2, 2021 Senator Houchin added as third author · upper
9. Feb 2, 2021 Senators Doriot, Donato, Baldwin added as coauthors · upper
10. Feb 2, 2021 Senator Buck added as coauthor · upper
11. Feb 2, 2021 Senators Holdman, Leising, Kruse, Becker, Glick, Rogers, Boots, Niemeyer added as coauthors · upper
12. Feb 2, 2021 Senator Zay added as coauthor · upper
13. Feb 4, 2021 Senator Randolph added as coauthor · upper
14. Feb 5, 2021 Referred to the House · upper
15. Mar 2, 2021 First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Senate Bill (S) · Jan 28, 2021 · PDF
• Introduced Senate Bill (S) · Jan 8, 2021 · PDF