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Senate adopts compromise amendments to telecom bill after US West signals conditional non‑opposition

Utah Senate · March 4, 1998
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Summary

Senators passed the fourth substitute of House Bill 115 after floor debate and an industry letter stating US West would not oppose passage if a wording change was adopted; the chamber approved the measure on final roll call.

The Utah Senate debated and approved a fourth substitute to House Bill 115, a telecommunications reform measure, after floor negotiations and a disclosure from an industry actor.

Senator Peter Peterson read a letter into the record from US West indicating that, while the company disagreed with some aspects of the bill, it "will not oppose the passage of substitute House Bill 115 in…

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