Fiscal Summary

NOT SIGNIFICANT

Bill Summary

This bill prohibits an internet service provider (provider) from engaging in any of the following activities when providing internet service to the state:

(1) Blocking lawful content, applications, services, or nonharmful devices, subject to reasonable network management practices;
(2) Impairing or degrading lawful internet traffic on the basis of internet content, application, or service, or use of a nonharmful device, subject to reasonable network management practices;
(3) Unreasonably interfering with, or unreasonably disadvantaging, either the state or a state employee's ability to select, access, and use broadband internet access service or lawful internet content, applications, services, or devices of the state or employee's choice, or an edge provider's ability to make lawful content, applications, services, or devices available to the state; or
(4) Engaging in deceptive or misleading marketing practices that misrepresent the treatment of internet traffic or content to the state.

After July 1, 2018, this bill prohibits any state governmental entity from contracting with a provider unless the provider is compliant with this bill, and a provider must attest in writing that it will comply. If a provider is discovered to have knowingly violated this bill in the performance of a contract, the provider will be prohibited from contracting for or submitting a response for any contract to supply goods or services to a state governmental entity for a period of one year from the date of discovery of the violation. The provider may appeal the imposition of the prohibition by using an appeals process to be established by the chief procurement officer and approved by the procurement commission.