Imposes nondiscrimination limits and mandatory approval deadlines on state/local wireless siting decisions, with automatic approvals if authorities miss timeframes.
Introduced September 4, 2025 by Robert E. Latta · Last progress September 4, 2025
The bill preserves state and local authority over where and how personal wireless service facilities are placed, constructed, or modified, but it also limits that authority by imposing nondiscrimination rules and objective engineering and aesthetic standards. It creates mandatory, nondiscretionary deadlines and procedures for local and state governments to approve or deny wireless siting requests, bans tolling by moratoria, and establishes an automatic "deemed granted" approval if authorities fail to act within the specified timeframes; written denials must be supported by substantial evidence and publicly documented. Requests covered by the separate federal process at 47 U.S.C. 1455(a) are excluded from these new deadlines and rules.