Pa. 811 Bill Passes Legislature

Pennsylvania will reauthorize its call-before-you-dig law. On Tuesday, the state's House voted 196-6 to pass SB-1237. Then the Senate voted 50-0 to concur with House changes. At a hearing last month, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Chairman Stephen DeFrank supported reauthorizing the 811 law because of an expected influx of broadband work and other reasons (see 2409170004).