![]() State Utility Commission Involvement : Amended 4/24 to remove CPUC oversightīill Status: passed by senate and Assembly sent to the governor for signature, ĭescription: Allows municipalities and county service areas to provide municipal broadband. amendment removes AG investigatory and enforcement powers. Allows paid prioritization and zero-rating if certain conditions are met. The amended bill removes restrictions on “zero-rating,” a method of providing internet access without any costs under certain conditions, such as by only permitting access to certain websites or by subsidizing a company’s internet service with advertising. Effective January 1, pending litigation from DoJ.ĭescription : Amends existing Consumers Remedies Act, to establish net neutrality protections by regulating business practices to require net neutrality, conditioning state contracts on adhering to net neutrality, requiring net neutrality as part of cable franchise agreements, and as a condition to using the public right of way (01/04/17). State Utility Commission Involvement: Noneĭescription: An Act relating to the regulation of broadband Internet and making certain actions by broadband Internet service providers unlawful acts or practices under the Alaska Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act.ĭescription : California urges the United States Congress to intervene to protect net neutrality and codify its principles in statuteīill Status : Bill withdrawn, merged with SB 822ĭescription : Bill makes NN enforceable under existing consumer protection lawsīill Status : Pending Hearing held, passed Senate (), referred to Assembly amended, referred back to Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection,, referred to Committee on Appropriations, Passed Assembly Passed Senate signed by the Governor. State Utility Commission Involvement: Increases the services regulated by the Regulatory Commission of Alaskaĭescription: Urges the United States Congress to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s order ending net neutrality. State Utility Commission Involvement: The Regulatory Commission of Alaska will designate the Alaska Broadband Development Corporation as an eligible telecommunications carrierĭescription: Amends AS 42.05.990(6) to add “broadband Internet access” as a service to be regulated by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska State Utility Commission Involvement: noneĭescription: An Act creating the Alaska Broadband Development Corporation and relating to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska. ![]() State Utility Commission Involvement : Noneĭescription: Internet service providers must adhere to net neutrality standards and publicly disclose network management practices, performance and commercial terms Session adjourned ĭescription: Urging the United States Congress to overturn the Federal Communication Commission's order ending net neutrality. Alaska - Legislative Session Adjournedīill status: Did not pass. Please contact us at if you have questions or see any information that needs to be updated. NRRI will update this page regularly to reflect changes until July 15, 2018. For the full list of Net Neutrality cities as of see below.įor more details on state actions, see the list below. In addition, the mayors of 122 cities¹ and Santa Cruz County (CA) have pledged to require entities contracting with the city or using city services to adhere to Net Neutrality rules. This tool tracks these orders and the proposed legislation. With the end of the legislative sessions, some of these bills were withdrawn or died in committee. Ten additional states initiated Resolutions supporting Net Neutrality principles. Thirty states have proposed legislation reinstating the net neutrality rules or requiring state contractors to abide by them. ![]() Six states, Hawaii, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont, have addressed this change by issuing Executive Orders requiring companies wishing to contract with the State to confirm that they will meet the 2017 net neutrality requirements. The Order redefines Broadband Internet Access Service (BIAS) as an information service, regulated under Title I of the Telecommunications Act, rescinding the Commission’s 2016 decision to oversee Internet service providers under Title II of the Act.ģ6 states have proposed or passed a resolution, bill, or executive order since the new rules were adopted. The FCC Restoring Internet Freedom Order (In the Matter of Restoring Internet Freedom, Declaratory Ruling, Report and Order, WC Docket 17-108) was released in December 2017 and published in the Federal Register on February 22, 2018. ![]()
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