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EngrossedHB4461 · 2026 Regular Session · Updated February 9, 2026

Establishing limitations on billing practices of Internet or telecommunications providers that fail to provide subscribed customers service for five or more days

Filed by Rick Hillenbrand(R · District HD-088)Official link pending verification · co-sponsored by 10 legislators

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The purpose of this bill is to ensure that a consumer is not required to pay for service outages caused by the provider when he or she did not receive services.

Sponsors
Co-sponsor · House
Jim Butler(R · District HD-018)Official link pending verification
Co-sponsor · House
Roy Cooper(R · District HD-040)Official link pending verification
Co-sponsor · House
Matthew Rohrbach(R · District HD-026)Official link pending verification
Co-sponsor · House
Daniel Linville(R · District HD-022)Official link pending verification
Co-sponsor · House
Kathie Crouse(R · District HD-019)Official link pending verification
Co-sponsor · House
Walter Hall(R · District HD-058)Official link pending verification
Co-sponsor · House
Charles Sheedy(R · District HD-007)Official link pending verification
Co-sponsor · House
Eric Brooks(R · District HD-045)Official link pending verification
Primary sponsor · House
Rick Hillenbrand(R · District HD-088)Official link pending verification
Co-sponsor · House
Andy Shamblin(R · District HD-059)Official link pending verification
Co-sponsor · House
Joe Funkhouser(R · District HD-098)Official link pending verification
Where it sits now

Energy, Industry and Mining

Last action: To Energy, Industry, and Mining (February 9, 2026)

The journey so far

Every stage. Every date.

  1. Read 3rd time
    February 6, 2026 · House
  2. Passed House (Roll No. 54)
    February 6, 2026 · House
  3. Communicated to Senate
    February 6, 2026 · House
  4. Introduced in Senate
    February 9, 2026 · Senate
  5. To Energy, Industry, and Mining then Government Organization
    February 9, 2026 · Senate
  6. To Energy, Industry, and Mining
    February 9, 2026 · Senate
Roll-call votes

How the chambers voted.

H · 92 yes · 0 no · 7 absent/NV
Passed
February 6, 2026 · Passed House (Roll No. 54)
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