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Committee unanimously backs bill to make tampering with telecom and other key infrastructure a felony
Summary
Senate Bill 64 would add telephone lines and broadband services to the definition of key infrastructure assets and create a felony for damage or tampering that renders service inoperable; the Senate Judiciary Committee reported the bill favorably, 7-0.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 7-0 to report Senate Bill 64 favorably after industry witnesses and the bill sponsor described an increase in vandalism and theft that has damaged telecommunications infrastructure.
Senator Brandon Storm, sponsor, said the measure would protect "key infrastructure assets" by naming telephone lines and broadband networks among covered assets and making damage or tampering that renders those assets inoperable a class D felony. Representatives from Charter Communications and AT&T explained the legislative need.
Dalton Mortman, director of state…
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