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Senate committee advances bill setting broadband worker training standards, delays enforcement date
Summary
The Minnesota Senate committee voted to pass Senate File 908, a compromise bill that sets safety and training standards for broadband and telecommunications field crews, allows credit for prior training and delays the effective date to ease implementation.
The Minnesota Senate Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development on Monday voted to pass Senate File 908, a bill that creates training and safety requirements for broadband and telecommunications field workers and moves the measure to the full Senate for further consideration.
Senator Kupak, author of the bill, told the committee the measure represents a negotiated compromise reached with labor and industry after multiple stakeholder meetings. “The main thing is we want to get broadband out into all of those places in Minnesota that need it,” Kupak said, adding the bill preserves safety training standards while recognizing some workers already…
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