DENVER—Colorado lawmakers have killed a bill that would have allowed people to stop getting telephone books delivered for five years.
A House committee rejected the proposal Tuesday after directory publishers argued they’re already stopping delivery for up to three years to people who request it online. While they said they had no incentive to send books to people who don’t want them, unionized publisher employees feared the bill could cost jobs.
Democratic Rep. Mark Ferrandino of Denver introduced the bill because more people are looking up numbers online and throw their phone books away.
But rural phone provider Century Link said phone books piling up on doorsteps and in apartment buildings is an urban problem and shouldn’t lead to statewide legislation.
