Assembly Bill 396
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
Oct 13, 2015
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 13, 2016: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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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 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 waivers, but exempts from the bill's requirements an ILEC that was granted a waiver before that sunset date, or for whom a waiver was considered granted by operation of law before that sunset date. Finally, the bill allows the PSC to investigate whether an ILEC has complied with the bill's 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
14 lawmakers are its . All 14 are Democrats.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (14)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Danou · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Frederick Kessler · Democrat, Assembly
- Beth Meyers · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Daniel Riemer · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (9)
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 16, 2015
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 13, 2015
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities.
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Oct 13, 2015
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Oct 13, 2015 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Danou, Meyers, Ohnstad, Kessler, Berceau, Bowen, Subeck, Billings, Wachs, Pope, Hebl, Sinicki, Riemer and Johnson; cosponsored by Senators Vinehout, Bewley, Carpenter, Lassa, Miller, Hansen, Wirch, Erpenbach and Risser
- Oct 13, 2015 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities
- Nov 16, 2015 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly
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