The Florida Senate

SB 158: Lifeline Telecommunications Service

GENERAL BILL by Siplin

Lifeline Telecommunications Service; prohibits local exchange telecommunications company from discontinuing local service to consumer for nonpayment of other telephone services; authorizes such telecommunications company to block specified long-distance services when customer owes outstanding account for those services; directs such company to offer consumer who applies for or receives Lifeline service option of blocking all toll calls, etc. Amends 364.10.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  11/16/2004	Senate	• Filed
  12/3/2004	Senate	• Referred to Communications and Public Utilities; Governmental Oversight and Productivity; Ways and Means
  3/8/2005	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Communications and Public Utilities; Governmental Oversight and Productivity; Ways and Means -SJ 00016
  5/6/2005	Senate	• Died in Committee on Communications and Public Utilities, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 1322 (Ch. 2005-132)

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• SB 158, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/16/2004 at 4:35 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 313		Bullard	Compare	Last Action: 5/6/2005 H Died on Calendar, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 1322 (Ch. 2005-132) Location:
  S 1320 (e1)	Lifeline/Link-Up Assistance Program	Communications and Public Utilities	Compare	Last Action: 5/6/2005 H Died in Messages, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 1322 (Ch. 2005-132) Location:
  S 1322 (e2)		Communications and Public Utilities	Compare	Last Action: 6/2/2005 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2005-132 Location:

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  364.10	Undue advantage to person or locality prohibited; Lifeline service.

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