2014 House Bill 5499

Repeal law facilitating phase-out of telephone land lines

Introduced in the House

April 30, 2014

Introduced by Rep. Stacy Erwin Oakes (D-95)

To repeal <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-SB-636">the law</a> enacted five weeks before this bill’s introduction that streamlines regulations on “landline” telephone service providers so as to facilitate transitioning customers to a wireless (cell phone or VOIP) system, and allows phone companies to discontinue landline service after 2016.

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology