Legislation - HB0626

Title: Real Estate Development and Highway Rights-of-Way - Installation of Broadband Micro Conduits and Microducts
Sponsored by: Delegates Taylor, Boafo, and Phillips
Status: In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation
Analysis

Synopsis

Requiring the installation of micro conduits in any utility easement and building power or telecommunication rooms during the new construction or major improvement of certain commercial and residential premises; requiring that buried fiber optic cable installed in a highway right-of-way include conduit containing at least seven microducts; requiring the Department of Transportation or a unit of local government to ensure a broadband service provider has access to the conduit on a neutral and nondiscriminatory basis; etc.

Committees

Original:: Environment and Transportation

Details

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2025

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/23/2025 Legislative Date 1/23/2025 Action First Reading Environment and Transportation Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Real Estate Development and Highway Rights-of-Way - Installation of Broadband Micro Conduits and Microducts Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	1/23/2025	1/23/2025	First Reading Environment and Transportation
			Text - First - Real Estate Development and Highway Rights-of-Way - Installation of Broadband Micro Conduits and Microducts

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