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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 835

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Relating to: installation of empty conduit lines as part of a digging project in a right-of-way and offers of service from fiber optic cable broadband lines installed in rights-of-way. (FE)

County Data processing Municipality Public works Road — Construction and repair Street Transportation department of — Roads

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill allows a city, village, town, or county or the Department of

Transportation to require any person who conducts any special work in the political

subdivision's or DOT's right-of-way to install empty conduit lines in any part of the

right-of-way in which the person is digging. The bill defines “special work” as

construction or maintenance of a sidewalk or highway project. The conduit lines

must be suitable for the installation of fiber optic broadband lines. Under the bill,

a city, village, or town is allowed to require conduit line installation without

complying with notice, hearing, and cost-benefit analysis requirements that, with

certain exceptions, apply to broadband, telecommunications, and video service

facilities under current law.

The bill also imposes a duty to offer service on an Internet service provider that

has installed a fiber optic cable broadband line in a right-of-way of the state or a city,

village, town, or county. Under the bill, if requested by the owner of a structure that

is 300 feet or fewer from the center line of such a right-of-way, the Internet service

provider must offer to provide to the structure the service that is provided over the

line.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bewley (D) , Erpenbach (D) , Hansen (D) , Johnson (D) , Miller (D) , Ringhand (D) , Smith (D)

14 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Billings (D) , Considine (D) , Doyle (D) , Emerson (D) , Milroy (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vruwink (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 20, 2020 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Smith, Ringhand, Bewley, Erpenbach, Hansen, Johnson and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Vruwink, Milroy, Doyle, Anderson, Billings, Considine, Emerson, Ohnstad, Pope, Sargent, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs and Subeck

  2. Feb 20, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities and Housing

  3. Mar 6, 2020 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 24, 2020 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1