Senate Bill 306
Provider of last resort obligations of certain telecommunications providers. (FE)
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Sep 24, 2013
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 8, 2014: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Public Works, and Telecommunications. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, until April 30, 2013, a telecommunications provider who is an incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) under federal law was required to make basic voice service available to all residential customers within the local exchange area in which the telecommunications provider operated as an ILEC, and allowed an ILEC to satisfy that requirement through an affiliate or through the use of any available technology or mode. However, an ILEC was allowed to apply to the Public Service Commission (PSC) for a waiver from compliance with that requirement and the PSC was required to grant the waiver if certain requirements were satisfied.
Also, if the PSC failed to act on the application within specified deadlines, the waiver was considered granted by operation of law. Current law specifies a sunset date of April 30, 2013, on which all of the foregoing no longer apply.
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This bill eliminates that sunset date. As a result, under the bill, except as described as follows, the foregoing requirements continue to apply to an ILEC. The bill also makes the following changes to those requirements. First, instead of requiring an ILEC to make basic voice service available to residential customers within a local exchange area, the bill requires an ILEC to make such service effectively available to such customers. Second, the bill eliminates the PSC's authority to grant new waivers, and provides that no new waivers may be considered granted by operation of law. However, the bill does not affect waivers granted or considered granted by operation of law before the bill's effective date. Finally, the bill allows the PSC to investigate whether an ILEC has complied with the requirements and allows the PSC to order an ILEC to comply through the use of any technology or mode that the PSC determines is necessary to ensure that basic voice service is effectively available to all residential customers in a local exchange area.
Who's behind it
12 senators are its . 11 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
15 more lawmakers .
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Authors (12)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Nikiya Harris Dodd · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Terry Moulton · Republican, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Timothy Cullen · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (15)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Danou · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Gordon Hintz · Democrat, Assembly
- Brett Hulsey · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Stephen Smith · Democrat, Assembly
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
- Mandy Wright · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 8, 2014
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 14, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 24, 2013
Sent to the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Public Works, and Telecommunications.
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Sep 24, 2013
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Sep 24, 2013 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Vinehout, Carpenter, T. Cullen, Hansen, Harris, C. Larson, Lassa, Lehman, Miller, Moulton, Risser and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Smith, Danou, Bewley, Berceau, Hebl, Hintz, Hulsey, Pope, Ringhand, Shankland, Sinicki, Vruwink, Wachs, Wright and Ohnstad
- Sep 24, 2013 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Public Works, and Telecommunications
- Sep 25, 2013 · Senate
LRB correction
- Oct 14, 2013 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 8, 2014 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate