The court just upheld most of the FCC’s repeal of net neutrality, ignoring the millions of people from across the political spectrum that support a free and open Internet. But there was some good too: the court struck down the FCC’s attempt to block states from passing their own net neutrality laws.
This means California’s gold-standard net neutrality law can now go into effect--and if we can get a critical mass of states to enact similarly strong Internet protections, the ISPs won’t be able to throttle and block websites nationwide.
Millions of us have contacted Congress and the FCC about net neutrality. If we all contact our state legislators right now and tell them to restore net neutrality, we can make an end-run around the repeal and neither Ajit Pai nor Comcast’s bought off politicians in Congress can stop us.
Check out the list of state-based net neutrality initiatives below, and then sign the petition calling on your governor and state legislators: “Please do everything in your power to establish strong net neutrality laws like California’s SB 822.”
State Initiatives
Alaska: House Bill 277
Alaska: Senate Joint Resolution 12
Alaska: Senate Bill 160
California: Broadband Internet Access Service (SB-822)
California: Guidelines: Broadband Internet access service (SB-460)
California: Attorney General filed lawsuit
Colorado: HB18-1312
Connecticut: An Act Concerning Internet Service Providers and Net Neutrality Principles (SB No. 2)
Connecticut: An Act Requiring State Contractors to Adopt a Net Neutrality Policy (House Bill 5260)
Connecticut: Attorney General filed lawsuit
Delaware: Opposing the FCC's Repeal of Net Neutrality Rules Intended to Protect Consumers and Ensure Fair and Reasonable Access to the Internet (Senate Concurrent Resolution 44)
Delaware: Attorney General filed lawsuit
District of Columbia: Attorney General filed lawsuit
Georgia: Senate Bill 310
Georgia: House Resolution 1161
Hawaii: Executive Order
Hawaii: SB 2644
Hawaii: SB 2088
Hawaii: HB 1995
Hawaii: HB 2256
Hawaii: Attorney General filed lawsuit
Hawaii: HB 1062
Hawaii: SB 253
Idaho: House Bill 425
Illinois: Senate Resolution 1196
Illinois: SB 2816
Illinois: House Bill 4819
Illinois: House Bill 5094
Illinois: House Bill 1582
Illinois: Attorney General filed lawsuit
Iowa: Senate File 2286
Iowa: Iowa Net Neutrality Act (House File 2287)
Iowa: (House File 174)
Kansas: House Bill 2682
Kentucky: HB418
Kentucky: HB9
Kentucky: Attorney General filed lawsuit
Maryland: An Act concerning State Funds- Procurement of Services from Internet Service Providers- Restriction (Senate Bill 287)
Maryland: Commercial Law- Privacy and Net Neutrality Matters (House Bill 1654)
Maryland: Commercial Law- Privacy and Net Neutrality Matters (House Bill 1655)
Maryland: L.D. 1364
Maryland: HB 141
Maryland: Attorney General filed lawsuit
Massachusetts: An Act Protecting Consumers by Prohibiting Blocking, Throttling, or Paid Prioritization in the Provision of Internet Service (S. 2336)
Massachusetts: Senate Special Committee on Net Neutrality and Consumer
Protections
Massachusetts: An Act to Ensure a Free and Open Internet in the Commonwealth (S. 2389)
Massachusetts: An Act relative to providing for net neutrality and
consumer protection (Bill H.4222)
Massachusetts: An Act protecting consumers by prohibiting blocking, throttling, or paid prioritization in the provision of Internet Service (H. 4151)
Massachusetts: HB 2921
Massachusetts: HB 2927
Massachusetts: SB 1936
Massachusetts: SB 1960
Massachusetts: Attorney General filed lawsuit
Michigan: Senate Resolution 131
Minnesota: HF3033
Minnesota: SF2880
Minnesota: Attorney General filed lawsuit
Mississippi: Attorney General filed lawsuit
Missouri: House Concurrent Resolution 84
Missouri: H1994
Montana: Executive Order
Nebraska: Internet Neutrality Act (Legislative Bill 856)
New Jersey: Executive Order
New Jersey: S1577
New Jersey: A1767
New Jersey: An Act concerning Internet service providers and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes (A2131)
New Jersey: Prohibits awarding of public contracts to internet service providers, unless internet service providers adhere to principle of net neutrality (A2132)
New Jersey: Requires cable television company to commit to principle of "net neutrality" as a condition of approval of applications for municipal content or system-wide franchise (A2139)
New Jersey: Prohibits awarding of public contracts to internet service providers, unless internet service providers adhere to principle of net neutrality (S1802)
New Jersey: New Jersey Net Neutrality Act (A5257)
New Mexico: H95
New Mexico: Prohibited Broadband Internet Services Act (SB 39)
New Mexico: Senate Joint Memorial 17
New Mexico: Attorney General filed lawsuit
New York City: NYC Connected Truth in Broadband Request for Information
New York: Executive Order
New York: S8321
New York: An Act to amend the public service law and the state finance law (A08882)
New York: An Act to amend the public service law and the state finance law (S07183)
New York: An Act to amend the public service law and the state finance law (S07175)
New York: An Act to amend the public service law and the state finance law (A09057)
New York: Omnibus Telecommunications Reform Act of 2017 (A01958)
New York: Attorney General filed lawsuit
North Carolina: Senate Bill 736
North Carolina: H1016
North Carolina: Attorney General filed lawsuit
Oklahoma: S1543
Oregon: Oregon Net Neutrality Initiative
Oregon: House Bill 4155
Oregon: Attorney General filed lawsuit
Pennsylvania: Executive Order potentially to be issued
Pennsylvania: Senate Bill No. 1033
Pennsylvania: Prohibiting internet service providers from engaging in practices which curtail equal access to lawful internet content, applications, services or use of nonharmful devices and imposing civil penalties (House Bill 2062)
Pennsylvania: Attorney General filed lawsuit
Rhode Island: Executive Order
Rhode Island: An Act Relating to Public Utilities and Carriers - Internet Service Providers - Net Neutrality (HB 7076)
Rhode Island: An Act Relating to Public Utilities and Carriers - Internet Service Providers - Net Neutrality (SB 2008)
Rhode Island: HB7422
Rhode Island: Attorney General filed lawsuit
South Carolina: South Carolina Net Neutrality Preservation Act (HB4614)
South Carolina: South Carolina Net Neutrality and Maintenance Act (HB4706)
South Dakota: An Act to establish certain provisions regarding the state procurement process for internet, data, and telecommunications services (Senate Bill 195)
Tennessee: An Act to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 12; Title 65; Title 67 and Title 68, relative to internet neutrality (SB1756)
Tennessee: House Bill 1755
Tennessee: HB2253
Tennessee: SB2183
Tennessee: HB2405
Tennessee: SB2449
Vermont: Executive Order signed
Vermont: An Act relating to protecting consumers and promoting an open Internet in Vermont (H.680)
Vermont: Vermont Broadband Internet Privacy Act (S.289)
Vermont: Attorney General filed lawsuit
Virginia: Broadband services; prohibited features (HB705)
Virginia: Attorney General filed lawsuit
Washington: An Act Relating to protecting an open internet in Washington State (House Bill 2282) (Signed 3/5/2018)
Washington: An Act Relating to protecting consumers by prohibiting blocking, throttling, or paid prioritization of internet service in Washington state (House Bill 2284)
Washington: An Act relating to ensuring consumer rights to internet transparency (Senate Bill 6446)
Washington: Senate Bill 6423
Washington: Attorney General filed lawsuit
West Virginia: West Virginia Net Neutrality Act (Senate Bill 396)
West Virginia: House Bill 4399
Wisconsin: Senate Bill 740
Wisconsin: Senate Bill 743
Wisconsin: Assembly Bill 908
Wisconsin: Assembly Bill 909
Local Initiatives
To:
Governors, state legislators, and local lawmakers
From:
[Your Name]
Please do everything in your power to defend strong net neutrality rules and protect the free and open Internet for generations to come.