These states are fighting for net neutrality. Is yours one of them?
Governors, state legislators, and local lawmakers
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
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Alaska: House Bill 277
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Alaska: Senate Joint Resolution 12
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Alaska: Senate Bill 160
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California: Broadband Internet Access Service (SB-822)
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California: Guidelines: Broadband Internet access service (SB-460)
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California: Attorney General filed lawsuit
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Colorado: HB18-1312
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Connecticut: An Act Concerning Internet Service Providers and Net Neutrality Principles (SB No. 2)
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Connecticut: An Act Requiring State Contractors to Adopt a Net Neutrality Policy (House Bill 5260)
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Connecticut: Attorney General filed lawsuit
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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)
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Delaware: Attorney General filed lawsuit
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District of Columbia: Attorney General filed lawsuit
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Georgia: Senate Bill 310
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Georgia: House Resolution 1161
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Hawaii: Executive Order
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Hawaii: SB 2644
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Hawaii: SB 2088
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Hawaii: HB 1995
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Hawaii: HB 2256
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Hawaii: Attorney General filed lawsuit
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Hawaii: HB 1062
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Hawaii: SB 253
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Idaho: House Bill 425
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Illinois: Senate Resolution 1196
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Illinois: SB 2816
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Illinois: House Bill 4819
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Illinois: House Bill 5094
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Illinois: House Bill 1582
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Illinois: Attorney General filed lawsuit
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Iowa: Senate File 2286
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Iowa: Iowa Net Neutrality Act (House File 2287)
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Iowa: (House File 174)
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Kansas: House Bill 2682
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Kentucky: HB418
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Kentucky: HB9
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Kentucky: Attorney General filed lawsuit
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Maryland: An Act concerning State Funds- Procurement of Services from Internet Service Providers- Restriction (Senate Bill 287)
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Maryland: Commercial Law- Privacy and Net Neutrality Matters (House Bill 1654)
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Maryland: Commercial Law- Privacy and Net Neutrality Matters (House Bill 1655)
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Maryland: L.D. 1364
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Maryland: HB 141
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Maryland: Attorney General filed lawsuit
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Massachusetts: An Act Protecting Consumers by Prohibiting Blocking, Throttling, or Paid Prioritization in the Provision of Internet Service (S. 2336)
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Massachusetts: Senate Special Committee on Net Neutrality and Consumer
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Massachusetts: An Act to Ensure a Free and Open Internet in the Commonwealth (S. 2389)
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Massachusetts: An Act relative to providing for net neutrality and
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Massachusetts: An Act protecting consumers by prohibiting blocking, throttling, or paid prioritization in the provision of Internet Service (H. 4151)
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Massachusetts: HB 2921
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Massachusetts: HB 2927
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Massachusetts: SB 1936
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Massachusetts: SB 1960
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Massachusetts: Attorney General filed lawsuit
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Michigan: Senate Resolution 131
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Minnesota: HF3033
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Minnesota: SF2880
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Minnesota: Attorney General filed lawsuit
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Mississippi: Attorney General filed lawsuit
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Missouri: House Concurrent Resolution 84
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Missouri: H1994
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Montana: Executive Order
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Nebraska: Internet Neutrality Act (Legislative Bill 856)
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New Jersey: Executive Order
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New Jersey: S1577
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New Jersey: A1767
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New Jersey: An Act concerning Internet service providers and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes (A2131)
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New Jersey: Prohibits awarding of public contracts to internet service providers, unless internet service providers adhere to principle of net neutrality (A2132)
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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)
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New Jersey: Prohibits awarding of public contracts to internet service providers, unless internet service providers adhere to principle of net neutrality (S1802)
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New Jersey: New Jersey Net Neutrality Act (A5257)
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New Mexico: H95
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New Mexico: Prohibited Broadband Internet Services Act (SB 39)
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New Mexico: Senate Joint Memorial 17
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New Mexico: Attorney General filed lawsuit
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New York City: NYC Connected Truth in Broadband Request for Information
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New York: Executive Order
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New York: S8321
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New York: An Act to amend the public service law and the state finance law (A08882)
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New York: An Act to amend the public service law and the state finance law (S07183)
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New York: An Act to amend the public service law and the state finance law (S07175)
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New York: An Act to amend the public service law and the state finance law (A09057)
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New York: Omnibus Telecommunications Reform Act of 2017 (A01958)
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New York: Attorney General filed lawsuit
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North Carolina: Senate Bill 736
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North Carolina: H1016
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North Carolina: Attorney General filed lawsuit
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Oklahoma: S1543
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Oregon: Oregon Net Neutrality Initiative
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Oregon: House Bill 4155
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Oregon: Attorney General filed lawsuit
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Pennsylvania: Executive Order potentially to be issued
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Pennsylvania: Senate Bill No. 1033
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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)
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Pennsylvania: Attorney General filed lawsuit
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Rhode Island: Executive Order
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Rhode Island: An Act Relating to Public Utilities and Carriers - Internet Service Providers - Net Neutrality (HB 7076)
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Rhode Island: An Act Relating to Public Utilities and Carriers - Internet Service Providers - Net Neutrality (SB 2008)
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Rhode Island: HB7422
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Rhode Island: Attorney General filed lawsuit
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South Carolina: South Carolina Net Neutrality Preservation Act (HB4614)
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South Carolina: South Carolina Net Neutrality and Maintenance Act (HB4706)
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South Dakota: An Act to establish certain provisions regarding the state procurement process for internet, data, and telecommunications services (Senate Bill 195)
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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)
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Tennessee: House Bill 1755
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Tennessee: HB2253
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Tennessee: SB2183
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Tennessee: HB2405
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Tennessee: SB2449
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Vermont: Executive Order signed
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Vermont: An Act relating to protecting consumers and promoting an open Internet in Vermont (H.680)
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Vermont: Vermont Broadband Internet Privacy Act (S.289)
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Vermont: Attorney General filed lawsuit
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Virginia: Broadband services; prohibited features (HB705)
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Virginia: Attorney General filed lawsuit
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Washington: An Act Relating to protecting an open internet in Washington State (House Bill 2282) (Signed 3/5/2018)
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Washington: An Act Relating to protecting consumers by prohibiting blocking, throttling, or paid prioritization of internet service in Washington state (House Bill 2284)
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Washington: An Act relating to ensuring consumer rights to internet transparency (Senate Bill 6446)
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Washington: Senate Bill 6423
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Washington: Attorney General filed lawsuit
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West Virginia: West Virginia Net Neutrality Act (Senate Bill 396)
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West Virginia: House Bill 4399
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Wisconsin: Senate Bill 740
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Wisconsin: Senate Bill 743
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Wisconsin: Assembly Bill 908
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Wisconsin: Assembly Bill 909
Local Initiatives
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To:
Governors, state legislators, and local lawmakers
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Please do everything in your power to defend strong net neutrality rules and protect the free and open Internet for generations to come.