The MN Senate Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development passed and referred
following bill to Senate Floor
SF 0908 – Kupec: Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modification
Below is more info on the bill, video of the meeting and notes.
More info: Bill-Summary-SF908-1.pdf
Sen Kupec on the bill
- Last years’ bill passed
- But we’re working to make it happen for everyone
- We want broadband to everyone
- We’ve kept in safety training
- Realize that people in the field may not need training
- Moved the deadline to give more time to build – and develop training
- Thanks to all of the industry folks who made this happen
Testimony
Melissa Wolf MN Cable
- Supports the bill
- We spent time on this, and we compromised.
- Safety is important
- This bill helps ensure that we can move forward with building and work on training and certification
Kevin Pranis LiUna
- Safety us important to us
- Listening is important – this is better policy. It’s not a compromise
Questions
Q: Thanks for getting a small group together to get this done.
Q: Are we the only state with this requirement?
Not sure.
Yes we are. That’s why compliance was slow.
Q: We are reducing the requirements and pushing back date to Jan 2026?
Yes. Also brings in credits for past training.
Q: How concerns with deadlines are so important we need to pass this before May.
Ditto