Utah, New Hampshire Net Neutrality Bills Fall Short
Utah and New Hampshire legislators killed state net neutrality bills. The Republican-run Utah House tucked HB-490 into its “file for bills not passed” Thursday, days after introduction (see 1903110036). It would have restricted state procurement to companies that follow open-internet…
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rules and made state ISP privacy rules like the FCC regulations repealed by Congress. The New Hampshire House placed the final nail in the coffin on HB-132, adopting by voice vote Thursday a committee report calling the bill “inexpedient to legislate,” meaning it shouldn’t pass this session (see 1902280067). “The ideal is just to keep government out of the marketplace and let consumers decide,” emailed HB-132’s GOP co-sponsor, Rep. Max Abramson. “Unfortunately, large ISP have worked out deals with local politicians to block competition in the ISP marketplace, so we're having to deal with that.”