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Digital Equity Forum briefed on two bills, including HB 2365 to expand SBO role and HB 2579 funding proposal
Summary
State Broadband Office staff summarized HB 2365, which would add a state digital equity plan responsibility to the SBO and must pass the House by Feb. 17, and HB 2579, a public media/digital equity proposal funded by a proposed 20'cent phone-line tax estimated to raise about $25 million annually but which did not pass policy cutoff.
State Broadband Office staff told the Digital Equity Forum that the office is tracking two bills this session with potential impact on the forum's work: HB 2365 and HB 2579.
HB 2365: Purpose and schedule Devin Proctor said HB 2365 would "expand the purpose of the statewide broadband office to include promoting digital equity and requires the SBO to implement and report on a state digital equity plan." Proctor noted the bill remained in the House rules and…
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