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Miss., W.Va. Senators Pass Broadband Bills

State broadband bills advanced in legislatures Tuesday. The Mississippi Senate voted 52-0 for SB-2604 to create a broadband commission to review applications for federal American Rescue Plan Act funds. The West Virginia Senate voted 34-0 to pass a pole access…

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bill meant to speed broadband deployment. SB-231 goes next to the House. A New York bill (A-8756) to require the Public Service Commission to open a proceeding to streamline pole attachment rules can go to the Assembly floor, after clearing the Ways and Means Committee by a 31-1 vote Tuesday and passing the Corporations Committee 25-0 last month. The similar SB-7689 passed in the Senate last month.