Tuesday, March 27, 2018
PROTECTING NET NEUTRALITY
On Thursday, January 18, 2018, I supported an order offered
by Senate Majority Leader Cynthia Creem (D-Newton) creating a special senate
committee to consider how best to protect internet neutrality for consumers in
Massachusetts. Our initiative followed on the heels of an action by the Federal
Communications Commission to repeal rules for this purpose at the federal
level.
Following
the adoption of the order, I have been serving as the vice chair of the
committee and we have been gathering information through a hearing and
communication with experts in the field of internet access and fairness.
The
committee issued a report with our current findings last Friday, and you can
read it at https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S2376.
We have also developed proposed legislation, which can read at the same address.
Tomorrow
our committee will hold a public hearing on this proposed legislation with
details as follows:
Date: Wednesday,
March 28, 2018
Time: 1:30
PM
Location:
State House, Room A-1
Should you not be able to attend the hearing, the committee
will accept written testimony by emailing Sarah Chase in Senator Creem’s office
at sarah.chase@masenate.gov. You may also view the hearing online at: https://malegislature.gov/Events/Hearings/Detail/2946.
