HB 712 — 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.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-24
Latest action: — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, Feb. 24, 2025
Sponsors
- Joe Hamm (R, PA-84) — sponsor · 2025-02-24
- Perry A. Stambaugh (R, PA-86) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Tina Pickett (R, PA-110) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Martin T. Causer (R, PA-67) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Andrew Kuzma (R, PA-39) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- David H. Zimmerman (R, PA-99) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- R. Lee James (R, PA-64) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Mark M. Gillen (R, PA-128) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Clint Owlett (R, PA-68) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Bud Cook (R, PA-50) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Robert Leadbeter (R, PA-109) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Brenda M. Pugh (R, PA-120) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Jonathan Fritz (R, PA-111) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, Feb. 24, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0731 · 1,993 characters · source document
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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
1 Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in service and facilities, providing
3 for reports of 911 system outages to commission.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 1501.2. Reports of 911 system outages to commission.
9 (a) Reports.--A local exchange telecommunications company
10 that experiences a service or facilities failure resulting in a
11 911 system outage shall immediately report the outage to the
12 commission upon discovering the outage. The commission may deem
13 a local exchange telecommunications company that fails to comply
14 with this section to be in violation of section 1501 (relating
15 to character of service and facilities).
16 (b) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
17 words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
1 subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
2 "911 system." As defined in 35 Pa.C.S. § 5302 (relating to
3 definitions).
4 "Local exchange telecommunications company." As defined in
5 section 3012 (relating to definitions).
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
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| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Hamm (R, state_lower PA-84) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Andrew Kuzma (R, state_lower PA-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Brenda M. Pugh (R, state_lower PA-120) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Bud Cook (R, state_lower PA-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Clint Owlett (R, state_lower PA-68) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | David H. Zimmerman (R, state_lower PA-99) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Jonathan Fritz (R, state_lower PA-111) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Mark M. Gillen (R, state_lower PA-128) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Martin T. Causer (R, state_lower PA-67) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Perry A. Stambaugh (R, state_lower PA-86) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | R. Lee James (R, state_lower PA-64) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Robert Leadbeter (R, state_lower PA-109) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Tina Pickett (R, state_lower PA-110) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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