Bill Text: CA AB1588 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: State and federal lifeline programs: eligible telecommunications carrier designations: expedited process.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-08-15 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB1588 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB1588-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
January 12, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 11, 2023 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Wilson (Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Garcia, McKinnor, and Reyes) |
February 17, 2023 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 11548.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:11548.5.
(a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Affordable Internet and Net Equality Act of 2023.(6)“Overall goals for adoption” means that at least 90 percent of eligible households receive affordable home internet service by January 1, 2025, and at least 95 percent of eligible households receive affordable home internet service by January 1, 2028.
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(2)The Department of Technology shall monitor the progress toward achieving the overall goals for adoption.
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(e)A qualified internet service provider shall establish a telephone number with trained, and preferably dedicated, personnel to sign up eligible households for affordable home internet service in no more than 30 minutes.
(f)A qualified internet service provider shall advertise the availability of affordable home internet service and the federal Affordable Connectivity Program or an equivalent program offered by the Federal Communications Commission, including by providing a telephone number for interested persons to call. The advertisements
shall include placing advertisements with public and nongovernmental organizations and in media in multiple languages, in print and online, until there is documented awareness of the availability of affordable home internet service by at least 80 percent of all eligible households according to a reputable statewide survey, or 95 percent of all eligible households are connected to the internet at home according to the same reputable statewide survey.
(g)A qualified internet service provider shall meet annually with the Department of Technology and the California Broadband Council in an open workshop with key stakeholders, including, but not limited to, the California Emerging Technology Fund, the Regional Broadband Consortia, and California Advanced Services Fund Adoption Account grantees, to confer on how to achieve the overall goals
for adoption and explore options for establishing and advancing strategic and effective public-private partnerships.
(h)A qualified internet service provider shall report annually to the Department of Technology, beginning the year after the provider first becomes a qualified internet service provider, the number of newly eligible households that signed up for affordable home internet service since the previous report and the total number of eligible households subscribing to affordable home internet
service.
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