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CS/CS/CS/SB 596: Utilities

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Governmental Oversight and Accountability ; Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities ; Hutson ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Young ; Broxson

Utilities; Authorizing the Department of Transportation and certain local governmental entities to prescribe and enforce reasonable rules or regulations with reference to the placing and maintaining across, on, or within the right-of-way limits of any road or publicly owned rail corridors under their respective jurisdictions any voice or data communications services lines or wireless facilities; creating the “Advanced Wireless Infrastructure Deployment Act”; providing requirements for the collocation of small wireless facilities on authority utility poles; authorizing an authority to enforce local codes, administrative rules, or regulations adopted by ordinance in effect on a specified date which are applicable to a historic area designated by the state or authority, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2017
Last Action: 4/28/2017 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 687 (Ch. 2017-136), CS/CS/CS/HB 865 (Ch. 2017-42) -SJ 551
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (CU)
  2. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  3. Rules (RC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/30/2017 Senate • Filed
2/9/2017 Senate • Referred to Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules -SJ 78
3/2/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities, 03/07/17, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Office Building
3/7/2017 Senate • Introduced -SJ 78
• CS by Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; YEAS 7 NAYS 1 -SJ 174
3/9/2017 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS by Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities read 1st time -SJ 176
3/10/2017 Senate • Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability -SJ 174
3/22/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/27/17, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
3/27/2017 Senate • CS/CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 5 NAYS 1 -SJ 259
3/29/2017 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Rules -SJ 259
• CS/CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time -SJ 262
4/12/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/12/17, 5:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed
4/14/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/19/17, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
4/19/2017 Senate • CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -SJ 443
4/21/2017 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 443
4/25/2017 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/27/17
• CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 445
4/27/2017 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 506
• Amendment(s) adopted (395772) -SJ 506
• Ordered engrossed -SJ 509
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/28/2017 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 550
• Substituted CS/CS/HB 687 -SJ 551
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 687 (Ch. 2017-136), CS/CS/CS/HB 865 (Ch. 2017-42) -SJ 551