Colorado 2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 18-002 — Financing Rural Broadband Deployment

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2018. Enacted.

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Advancing 60% · moderate confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    4 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    3 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Section 1 of the bill amends the definition of "broadband network" to increase the speed of downstream broadband internet service from at least 4 megabits per second to at least 10 megabits per second and the definition of "unserved area" to refer to areas that are unincorporated, or within a city with a population of fewer than 7,500 inhabitants, and that are not receiving federal broadband support. Section 2 requires the public utilities commission, on January 1, 2019, to allocate 20% of the total amount of high cost support mechanism (HCSM) money that nonrural incumbent local exchange carriers would otherwise receive to the HCSM account dedicated to broadband deployment, and to allocate an additional 20% of the total money that nonrural incumbent local exchange carriers would otherwise receive on January 1 of each subsequent year until, on January 1, 2023, all of the money that nonrural incumbent local exchange carriers would otherwise receive is allocated to the HCSM account dedicated to broadband deployment. Section 2 also removes a requirement that the commission reduce the amount of the HCSM surcharge by a certain percentage of the money transferred from the HCSM to the broadband fund for the deployment of broadband into rural areas. Section 2 requires that the HCSM surcharge amount that existed on January 1, 2019, be maintained as the surcharge amount; except that, on and after July 1, 2023, the commission may reduce the rate to ensure that the amount of money collected by the surcharge does not exceed $25 million per year. Finally, for the period of January 1, 2019, through January 1, 2023, section 2 maintains the amount of support received by rural telecommunications providers for basic service at the level of support they received on January 1, 2016. Section 3 updates language regarding the use of money from the HCSM for broadband deployment grant applications approved by the broadband deployment board (board) to have money transferred directly from the HCSM to approved broadband deployment grant applicants. Section 3 also allows a grant applicant to apply for grants for multiple projects in a single year; however, the broadband deployment board may only award an applicant grants for more than one project if money is available for broadband deployment grants after the first round of broadband deployment grants have been awarded and disbursed in that year. Section 3 also prohibits the department of local affairs from implementing a broadband deployment program or approving a grant application concerning broadband deployment unless the board has determined that the program or application does not involve the same or a duplicate of any projects approved and funded. Section 4 repeals the public utilities commission's functions of administering the high cost support mechanism on September 1, 2024, subject to the department of regulatory agencies' review of the functions through its sunset review process.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

15 added · 20 removed

Plain-language change summary

The key change in the bill is that it now specifies that no broadband provider will receive federal support for projects unless construction is completed, rather than being in progress. Additionally, it clarifies that the public utilities commission must allocate 20% of the high-cost support funding starting from January 1, 2019. These changes matter because they aim to ensure that funding goes only to fully completed projects, potentially improving the effectiveness and accountability of financial support for broadband development.

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Second Regular Session Seventy-first General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted in the House of Introduction LLS NO.
Second Regular Session Seventy-first General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO ENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted on Second Reading in the House of Introduction LLS NO.
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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Governor Signed

  2. Signed by the Speaker of the House

  3. Sent to the Governor

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate

  5. Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass

  6. House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  7. House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor

  8. House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole

  9. House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed

  10. Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources

  11. Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments

  12. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  13. Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments

  14. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  15. Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor

  16. Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/07/2018 - No Amendments

  17. Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole

  18. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology

Sponsors

  • Don Coram · Primary
  • Jerry Sonnenberg · Primary
  • KC Becker · Primary
  • Crisanta Duran · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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4 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 98 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (4)

  • Don Coram
  • Jerry Sonnenberg
  • KC Becker
  • Crisanta Duran

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (98)

98 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

REPASS

Passed 29 Yea · 6 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 28600
Democrat 1000
Total 29600
% of votes cast 83%17%0%0%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
Court — Yea
Gardner — Yea
Kerr — Yea
Neville T. — Yea
Williams A. — Yea
President — Yea
Aguilar — Yea
Baumgardner — Yea
Cooke — Yea
Coram — Yea
Crowder — Yea
Donovan — Yea
Fenberg — Yea
Fields — Yea
Guzman — Yea
Hill — Nay
Holbert — Yea
Jahn — Yea
Kagan — Yea
Jones — Yea
Kefalas — Yea
Lambert — Nay
Lundberg — Nay
Marble — Nay
Merrifield — Yea
Moreno — Yea
Priola — Yea
Scott — Yea
Smallwood — Nay
Sonnenberg — Yea
Tate — Nay
Todd — Yea
Zenzinger — Yea
Martinez Humenik — Yea
Lorena Garcia Democrat Yea

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BILL

Passed 30 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 29500
Democrat 1000
Total 30500
% of votes cast 86%14%0%0%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
Kerr — Yea
Court — Yea
Gardner — Yea
Neville T. — Yea
Williams A. — Yea
President — Yea
Aguilar — Yea
Baumgardner — Yea
Cooke — Yea
Coram — Yea
Crowder — Yea
Donovan — Yea
Fenberg — Yea
Fields — Yea
Guzman — Yea
Hill — Yea
Holbert — Nay
Jahn — Yea
Jones — Yea
Kagan — Yea
Kefalas — Yea
Lambert — Nay
Lundberg — Nay
Marble — Nay
Merrifield — Yea
Moreno — Yea
Priola — Yea
Scott — Yea
Smallwood — Nay
Sonnenberg — Yea
Tate — Yea
Todd — Yea
Zenzinger — Yea
Martinez Humenik — Yea
Lorena Garcia Democrat Yea

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COW *

Failed 16 Yea · 18 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 151801
Democrat 1000
Total 161801
% of votes cast 46%51%0%3%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
Court — Yea
Gardner — Not Voting
Kerr — Yea
Neville T. — Nay
Williams A. — Yea
President — Nay
Aguilar — Yea
Baumgardner — Nay
Cooke — Nay
Coram — Nay
Crowder — Nay
Donovan — Yea
Fenberg — Yea
Fields — Yea
Guzman — Yea
Hill — Nay
Holbert — Nay
Jahn — Nay
Jones — Yea
Kagan — Yea
Kefalas — Yea
Lambert — Nay
Lundberg — Nay
Marble — Nay
Merrifield — Yea
Moreno — Yea
Priola — Nay
Scott — Nay
Smallwood — Nay
Sonnenberg — Nay
Tate — Nay
Todd — Yea
Zenzinger — Yea
Martinez Humenik — Nay
Lorena Garcia Democrat Yea

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CONCUR

Passed 20 Yea · 15 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 191500
Democrat 1000
Total 201500
% of votes cast 57%43%0%0%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
Court — Yea
Gardner — Nay
Kerr — Yea
Neville T. — Nay
Williams A. — Nay
President — Yea
Aguilar — Yea
Baumgardner — Yea
Cooke — Nay
Coram — Yea
Crowder — Yea
Donovan — Nay
Fenberg — Yea
Fields — Yea
Guzman — Yea
Hill — Nay
Holbert — Yea
Jahn — Yea
Jones — Nay
Kagan — Yea
Kefalas — Yea
Lambert — Nay
Lundberg — Nay
Marble — Nay
Merrifield — Yea
Moreno — Yea
Priola — Nay
Scott — Nay
Smallwood — Nay
Sonnenberg — Yea
Tate — Nay
Todd — Yea
Zenzinger — Yea
Martinez Humenik — Nay
Lorena Garcia Democrat Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 18-002 do?
Section 1 of the bill amends the definition of "broadband network" to increase the speed of downstream broadband internet service from at least 4 megabits per second to at least 10 megabits per second and the definition of "unserved area" to refer to areas that are unincorporated, or within a city with a population of fewer than 7,500 inhabitants, and that are not receiving federal broadband support. Section 2 requires the public utilities commission, on January 1, 2019, to allocate 20% of the total amount of high cost support mechanism (HCSM) money that nonrural incumbent local exchange carriers would otherwise receive to the HCSM account dedicated to broadband deployment, and to allocate an additional 20% of the total money that nonrural incumbent local exchange carriers would otherwise receive on January 1 of each subsequent year until, on January 1, 2023, all of the money that nonrural incumbent local exchange carriers would otherwise receive is allocated to the HCSM account dedicated to broadband deployment. Section 2 also removes a requirement that the commission reduce the amount of the HCSM surcharge by a certain percentage of the money transferred from the HCSM to the broadband fund for the deployment of broadband into rural areas. Section 2 requires that the HCSM surcharge amount that existed on January 1, 2019, be maintained as the surcharge amount; except that, on and after July 1, 2023, the commission may reduce the rate to ensure that the amount of money collected by the surcharge does not exceed $25 million per year. Finally, for the period of January 1, 2019, through January 1, 2023, section 2 maintains the amount of support received by rural telecommunications providers for basic service at the level of support they received on January 1, 2016. Section 3 updates language regarding the use of money from the HCSM for broadband deployment grant applications approved by the broadband deployment board (board) to have money transferred directly from the HCSM to approved broadband deployment grant applicants. Section 3 also allows a grant applicant to apply for grants for multiple projects in a single year; however, the broadband deployment board may only award an applicant grants for more than one project if money is available for broadband deployment grants after the first round of broadband deployment grants have been awarded and disbursed in that year. Section 3 also prohibits the department of local affairs from implementing a broadband deployment program or approving a grant application concerning broadband deployment unless the board has determined that the program or application does not involve the same or a duplicate of any projects approved and funded. Section 4 repeals the public utilities commission's functions of administering the high cost support mechanism on September 1, 2024, subject to the department of regulatory agencies' review of the functions through its sunset review process.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More
Who sponsors SB 18-002?
SB 18-002 is sponsored by Don Coram, Jerry Sonnenberg, KC Becker, and Crisanta Duran.
What is the current status of SB 18-002?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2018. Enacted.
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