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House Energy Committee amends HB 122 to remove broadband from right-of-way revisions; amended bill passes committee 9-5
Summary
Committee staff described HB 122 as updating right-of-way law to add broadband and natural gas lines. Members amended the bill to remove broadband and passed the amended bill on a 9–5 roll call; proxies and a voice vote were used for the amendment.
The House Energy Committee opened executive action on House Bill 122, a statutory update described in committee as a revision to 1940s right-of-way law to address utility lines and facilities and to add broadband lines and natural gas pipelines.
Burns, asked by the chair to give a synopsis, told the committee: "This is a bill revising right of way laws for utility lines and facilities to include broadband lines and natural gas pipelines." Burns also noted an amendment (HB 122-001) had been drafted for the committee’s consideration.
Representative Brewster moved the amendment to remove broadband from the bill’s…
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