HB 627 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0618
06/02
HOUSE BILL 627
SPONSORS: Rep. Vose, Rock. 5; Rep. Cormen, Graf. 15; Rep. Edwards, Rock. 31; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17; Rep. Layon, Rock. 13; Rep. Lynn, Rock. 17; Rep. W. MacDonald, Rock. 16
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
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ANALYSIS
This bill permits the public utilities commission to designate any commercial mobile service provider or telecommunications company as eligible for federal universal service support and to create rules for implementing this authority.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0618
06/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Affordable Telephone Service; Rulemaking; Standards. Amend RSA 374:22-p by inserting after paragraph VIII the following new paragraph:
IX.? Notwithstanding RSA 362:6, the commission may designate any commercial mobile service provider or telecommunications company as an eligible telecommunications carrier for purposes of receiving federal universal service support and offering services supported by federal universal service support mechanisms. This is in addition to any commercial mobile service provider or telecommunications company designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier pursuant to 47 U.S.C. sections 214(e)(1) and 214(e)(2), and 47 C.F.R. section 54.201. The commission may adopt rules necessary to implement this subsection.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 27, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| Jan. 28, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
| Jan. 28, 2025 | House | Floor Vote |
Jan. 30, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/28/2025 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 10 P. 5
Jan. 23, 2025: Executive Session: 01/28/2025 09:00 am LOB 302-304
Jan. 23, 2025: Public Hearing: 01/27/2025 02:00 pm LOB 302-304
Jan. 16, 2025: Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 3