WA People
BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

HB 2199: Telecommunications

Concerning telecommunications.

Summary

  • Specifies that an additional factor to be considered by the commission when determining a company's request to be classified as competitive is the presence of all alternative service providers in the company's service area.
  • Directs the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission to obtain information on telephone service customers from a variety of telephone service providers, whether or not they are regulated by the Commission, to determine the level of competition in each company's service territory.

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Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
  1. IntroducedMar 4, 2003
  2. Out of committeeMar 5, 2003
  3. Passed HouseMar 14, 2003
  4. Passed Senatestopped here
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Jeff Morris (D-40)
Introduced
March 4, 2003 in the House
Last action
January 14, 2004

AN ACT Relating to telecommunications;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Jeff Morris (D-40)

Votes

House · Final Passage

Passed March 14, 2003
Version voted on: HB 2199
95 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 3 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat51001
Republican44002
How each member voted

Yea (95)

Excused (3)

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History

  1. House Rules "X" file.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
  6. First reading, referred to Technology & Communications.
  7. Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3.
  8. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  9. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  10. Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
  11. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  12. TTE - Majority; do pass.
  13. TTE - Executive action taken by committee.
  14. First reading, referred to Technology, Telecommunications & Energy.

HB 2199 in other sessions

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