Bill Text: CA AB2575 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2575

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Bill Title: Broadband: state oversight.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-16 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2575 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB2575-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2575

Introduced by Assembly Member Boerner

February 14, 2024

An act relating to communications.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2575, as introduced, Boerner. Broadband internet access service.

Existing law establishes the Department of Technology, which is supervised by the Director of Technology, within the Government Operations Agency. Existing law requires the department, in consultation with the public, the Public Utilities Commission, and the California Broadband Council, by January 1, 2024, to develop a state digital equity plan that includes specified elements, including the identification of barriers to digital equity faced by covered populations in this state.

This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would establish requirements related to the provision of broadband internet access service.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would establish requirements related to the provision of broadband internet access service.