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HB712 • 2025

An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in service and facilities, providing for reports of 911 system outages to commission.

An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in service and facilities, providing for reports of 911 system outages to commission.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
HAMM
Last action
2025-02-24
Official status
Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, Feb. 24, 2025
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in service and facilities, providing for reports of 911 system outages to commission.

An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in service and facilities, providing for reports of 911 system outages to commission.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in service and facilities, providing for reports of 911 system outages to commission.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-24 VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

    Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, Feb. 24, 2025

Official Summary Text

An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in service and facilities, providing for reports of 911 system outages to commission.

Current Bill Text

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PRINTER'S NO. 731
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 712
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY HAMM, STAMBAUGH, PICKETT, CAUSER, KUZMA,
ZIMMERMAN, JAMES, GILLEN, OWLETT, COOK, LEADBETER, PUGH AND
FRITZ, FEBRUARY 24, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, FEBRUARY 24, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in service and facilities, providing
for reports of 911 system outages to commission.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 1501.2. Reports of 911 system outages to commission.
(a) Reports.-- A local exchange telecommunications company
that experiences a service or facilities failure resulting in a
911 system outage shall immediately report the outage to the
commission upon discovering the outage. The commission may deem
a local exchange telecommunications company that fails to comply
with this section to be in violation of section 1501 (relating
to character of service and facilities).
(b) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
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subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"911 system." As defined in 35 Pa.C.S. § 5302 (relating to
definitions).
"Local exchange telecommunications company ." As defined in
section 3012 (relating to definitions).
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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