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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas requires telecommunications conduit installation in state highway construction and coordinates broadband expansion
Last action · March 10, 2025: Referred to s/c on Telecommunications & Broadband by SpeakerSponsor: Ryan Guillen
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas HB 1241 requires the Texas Department of Transportation to install during road construction projects at intervals of one mile in unincorporated areas and 500 feet in incorporated areas, effective September 1, 2025.
Changes rules for state highway projects by mandating physical conduit installations and standardized access points for telecommunications providers, affecting future right-of-way construction costs and broadband deployment timelines.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Texas Department of Transportation
The department must install telecommunications conduit during road construction, provide website notices for joint trenching, and submit an annual legislative report.
telecommunications providers
Providers are restricted to using state highway system improvements solely through specific leases or agreements and gain standardized access points.
rural or underserved communities
Receive special consideration for broadband deployment under department joint trenching opportunities.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 10, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to s/c on Telecommunications & Broadband by Speaker
- Mar 10, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Nov 12, 2024HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Codification and Relocation of Broadband Provisions
Sections 201.671, 201.672, and 201.673 of the Transportation Code are transferred and redesignated to Chapter 250 to consolidate broadband coordination rules.
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Sources
capitol.texas.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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