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Panel advances bill broadening critical-infrastructure protections to communications networks
Summary
The State Government Committee approved HB290 to expand protections for critical infrastructure to include aerial and underground communications lines and certain industry facilities; the measure passed committee by voice vote and will proceed toward the House floor.
The State Government Committee on Wednesday advanced HB290, a bill by Representative Mooney that expands the state's critical-infrastructure protections to explicitly cover communications infrastructure and related facilities.
Representative Mooney, the bill sponsor, told the committee the measure updates a definitions bill passed last year and extends protections beyond enclosed facilities to “aerial and underground connections,” adding industries that depend on…
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