TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Provides for rural access to broadband high-speed internet service. (gov sig)
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
May 2020
Senate Passage
May 2020
House Passage
May 2020
Vetoed
Jun 2020
Introduced Feb 28, 2020
Vetoed Jun 15, 2020
Floor votes · House May 27, 2020
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Amendments
2
Jun 15, 2020
Vetoed
Veto message received and read. Lies over under the rules. (See 2020 1ES journal for Veto Message)
lower
Jun 14, 2020
Vetoed
Veto message from the Governor received and read. (See 2020 1ES journal for Veto Message)
upper
May 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.
upper
May 27, 2020
Introduced
Received from the House with amendments.
upper
May 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 20, 2020
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
May 18, 2020
Committee
Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
May 15, 2020
Committee
Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Commerce.
lower
May 14, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Mar 9, 2020
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.
upper
1 primary · 55 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Beth Mizell
RRepublican
Co
Aimee Freeman
DDemocratic
Co
Alan Seabaugh
RRepublican
Co
Barbara Freiberg
RRepublican
Co
BP
Barrow Peacock
RRepublican
Co
Barry Ivey
RRepublican
Co
Blake Miguez
RRepublican
Co
Bob Hensgens
RRepublican
Co
Bryan Fontenot
RRepublican
Co
Cameron Henry
RRepublican
Co
Candace Newell
DDemocratic
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