UTILITIES: Provides relative to Granting Unserved Municipalities Broadband Opportunities (EN SEE FISC NOTE FF EX See Note)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2023
House Passage
Jun 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced May 9, 2023
Signed Jun 14, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Jun 8, 2023 · House May 24, 2023
How they voted
32–0
Passed
Total votes 32
Jun 8, 2023
D
Democratic10
100% Yea
R
Republican22
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
7
Committee
5
Jun 8, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
lower
Jun 8, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 5, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted.
upper
Jun 1, 2023
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 31, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
May 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 17, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (9-0-1).
lower
May 10, 2023
Committee
Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
May 9, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 603 reported by the Committee on Commerce (11-0).
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Daryl Deshotel
RRepublican
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