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Committee hears bill to clarify law covers broadband and cable infrastructure damage
Summary
Senate File 2904 would amend Minnesota statute 609.593 to explicitly include broadband and cable services in the prohibition on intentional damage to telecommunications infrastructure; proponents told the committee the change is intended to prevent copper- and fiber-theft incidents that disrupt emergency services and household Internet.
Senate File 2904, presented April 2, would amend Minnesota’s statute covering damage to telecommunications equipment to specify that broadband and cable services fall within the law’s protections.
Senator Nick Rasmussen told the committee the change is a clarification to address increasing incidents in which thieves cut copper wire or fiber and disrupt 9-1-1, Internet, and cable service. “The…
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