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Bill Number(s):
SF 554 (formerly 368) - Active read Bill
SF 368 - now SF 554 Read Bill
SSB 1208 - now SF 368 Read Study Bill
HF 2647 - stalled Read Bill

SF 554 (formerly 368) Status
Mar. 06 07 Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 577.
Mar. 06 07 Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 584.
Mar. 13 07 Referred to Ways & Means. S.J. 711.
Mar. 14 07 Subcommittee, Stewart, Hogg, and Putney. S.J. 768.
March 20, 2007 Immediate message. S.J. 836.
March 21, 2007 Message from Senate. H.J. 957.
March 21, 2007 Read first time, referred to Commerce. H.J. 967.
March 22, 2007 Subcommittee, Wise, Hoffman, Jacobs, Kelley, Petersen, Quirk, and Struyk. H.J. 1001.
April 5, 2007 Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 1268.
April 5, 2007 Committee amendment H-1598 filed. H.J. 1270.
Apr. 18 07 Passed Senate, ayes 44, nays 5. S.J. 1303.
Apr. 18 07 Immediate message. S.J. 1303.
Apr. 18 07 Message from Senate. H.J. 1498.

HF 2647 Status:
Inactive:
Mar. 06 06 Introduced, referred to Ways & Means. H.J. 469.
Mar. 07 06 Subcommittee, Kurtenbach, Quirk, and Soderberg. H.J. 554.

HF 2647 Description:
• State franchise structure
• LECs receive automatically
• Traditional cable must petition following expiration of existing franchise.
• Limited Definition of Gross Revenues.
• Fee limited to currently collected
• No build out
• Discrimination in deployment plans is barred, but proposal permits non-wireline (DBS) services to supplement services, so discrimination ban is really toothless.
• Permits additional terms only as provided in bill, to include:
• Comparable PEG channels
• Municipality responsible for interconnection between cable operators for PEG
• Audits limited to once a year and performed by state

Source: www.millervaneaton.com

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