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Committee advances bill to create Department of Broadband and Digital Equity and 11-member commission

2937093 · April 9, 2025
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AB 693, a bill to establish a Department of Broadband and Digital Equity and an 11‑member Broadband and Digital Equity Commission, received a do-pass recommendation from the Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee and was referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

AB 693, a bill to establish a Department of Broadband and Digital Equity and an 11‑member Broadband and Digital Equity Commission, received a do-pass recommendation from the Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee and was referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

The bill would consolidate broadband and digital equity programs currently split between the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the California Department of Technology (CDT) into a single state department, to take effect July 1, 2027. The measure also creates an 11‑member commission composed of industry, community, nonprofit, labor and tribal…

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