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Bill expands Office of Broadband to include digital opportunity; committee adopts technical changes and lays it over
Summary
House File 2279 would rename the state Office of Broadband Development to include digital opportunity and broaden the office—ocus to adoption, affordability and digital inclusion. The committee adopted two technical amendments aligning federal language and removing unfunded grant language and laid the bill over.
Representative Griffin Vang presented House File 2279 to rename the Office of Broadband Development to the Office of Broadband Development and Digital Opportunity, align state terminology with federal digital equity plans, broaden statutory goals to include broadband adoption and affordability, and update grant criteria to target unserved and underserved communities in both rural and low‑income urban areas. The committee adopted an A1 technical amendment and an A2 amendment aligning federal language and deleting language…
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