Massachusetts House Bill 121 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on March 29 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-08-29 - Accompanied a study order, see H5040
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

For legislation to establish a special commission to study and report on the feasibility of establishing community broadband networks to allow municipalities to offer their own competitive broadband internet services. Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity.

Relative to community broadband networks

Rep. Bradley Jones [R]	Rep. Susan Gifford [R]	Rep. Norman Orrall [R]	Rep. Paul Frost [R]
Rep. Mathew Muratore [R]	Rep. Steven Howitt [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-08-29	House	Accompanied a study order, see H5040
2021-09-30	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 10/13/2021 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
2021-09-30	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 10/13/2021 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
2021-03-29	House	Senate concurred
2021-03-29	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity

H1271 (Similar To) 2022-10-13 - Accompanied a study order, see H5201
S1908 (Similar To) 2022-10-03 - Accompanied a study order, see H5250
S573 (Similar To) 2022-03-28 - Accompanied a new draft, see H4603
H858 (Similar To) 2022-08-29 - Accompanied a study order, see H5041
S2497 (Similar To) 2021-10-25 - New Draft substituted, see S2561
H4016 (Similar To) 2021-09-30 - Chapter 74 of the Acts of 2021
H4017 (Similar To) 2021-08-03 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 34 of the Acts of 2021
S812 (Similar To) 2021-11-15 - Accompanied a new draft, see H4248
S428 (Similar To) 2022-02-03 - Accompanied a study order, see S2650
S2113 (Similar To) 2022-01-24 - Accompanied a study order, see S2620
H2583 (Similar To) 2022-07-05 - Accompanied a study order, see H4960
H2584 (Similar To) 2022-07-05 - Accompanied a study order, see H4960
H3725 (Similar To) 2022-01-21 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 8 of the Acts of 2022
S16 (Similar To) 2021-05-06 - Placed on file, in concurrence
H2587 (Similar To) 2022-07-05 - Accompanied a study order, see H4960
H2588 (Similar To) 2022-07-05 - Accompanied a study order, see H4960
S1639 (Similar To) 2023-01-03 - No further action taken
S1612 (Similar To) 2022-03-21 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
S994 (Similar To) 2022-03-01 - Accompanied H1907
S895 (Similar To) 2022-09-19 - Accompanied a study order, see H5276
S634 (Similar To) 2022-02-14 - Accompanied a study order, see S2693
S82 (Similar To) 2022-06-09 - Recommitted to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently
S1736 (Similar To) 2022-02-10 - Accompanied a study order, see S2679
S295 (Similar To) 2022-03-14 - Accompanied a study order, see S2756
H4313 (Similar To) 2022-05-24 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 72 of the Acts of 2022
H5040 (Replaced by) 2023-01-03 - No further action taken
H609 (Similar To) 2023-01-03 - No further action taken
H2727 (Similar To) 2022-07-05 - Accompanied a study order, see H4960
H2638 (Similar To) 2022-07-05 - Accompanied a study order, see H4960
S60 (Similar To) 2022-02-14 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2688

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H121
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H121.pdf