H.B. No. 0067

Telecommunications.

Sponsored By:     Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee

AN ACT relating to telecommunications; recognizing competition from alternate providers; requiring certificates of public convenience and necessity for all telecommunications providers; repealing cost based pricing; providing for downward pricing flexibility for telecommunications services; providing a limitation on increasing prices for essential telecommunications services; limiting annual reports by the public service commission; repealing anachronistic provisions; eliminating mandatory quality of service studies;  and providing for an effective date.

1/12/2006   Bill Number Assigned

2/13/2006   H Received for Introduction

2/14/2006   H Failed Introduction

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Barnard, Berger, Diercks, Gingery, Hammons, Iekel, Illoway, Landon, Luthi, Martin, McOmie, Mercer, Olsen, Philp, Quarberg, Simpson, Thompson and Zwonitzer.

Nays:  Representative(s) Alden, Anderson, R., Bagby, Brechtel, Brown, Buchanan, Bucholz, Childers, Cohee, Davison, Edwards, Esquibel, Gay, Gilmore, Goggles, Hageman, Harshman, Harvey, Hastert, Hinckley, Jones, Jorgensen, Lockhart, Lubnau, Meuli, Miller, Morgan, Osborn, Pedersen, Petersen, Powers, Reese, Robinson, Samuelson, Semlek, Slater, Walsh, Warren, Wasserburger, Watt and White.

Excused:  Representative(s) Jackson.

Ayes 18 Nays 41 Excused 1 Absent 0 Conflicts 0