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Senate approves bill to streamline broadband permits while preserving local review
Summary
The Idaho Senate passed House Bill 180, a measure aiming to speed broadband deployment by clarifying permitting procedures and creating routes for resolving disputes between internet service providers and utilities while retaining local land‑use authority.
The Idaho Senate on April 1 passed House Bill 180, legislation to clarify permit and pole‑attachment procedures for broadband projects and ease some delays providers say have slowed fiber deployments.
Sponsor Senator Tom Ricks, who opened debate, said the bill is meant to help providers get projects through “the permitting process” while preserving local authority. “This is not intended to put cameras on every pole, 5 g access. This is about primarily putting fiber cable throughout the state as the number 1 priority,” Ricks said during floor debate (remarks at 2:568–2:632).
The bill…
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