Fla. Pole Attachments, Broadband Records Bills Signed

Florida will apply pole-attachment rules to electric cooperatives under a bill (HB-1221) signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) Monday. Florida reverse-preempted FCC pole-attachment authority last year, allowing the state to regulate attachments and resolve disputes (see Ref:2206070071]). On Friday, DeSantis signed SB-552, which exempts from public record inspection requirements information on communications services locations, project proposals and challenges submitted to the Department of Economic Opportunity through state or federal grant programs. Friday in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott signed SB-1238 to update broadband grant rules with a fiber preference (see 2305300057).