Relating to broadband service, including matters under the purview of the office of the chief information officer, the empower rural Iowa broadband grant fund, and certain broadband infrastructure tax exemptions, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedFebruary 13, 2020
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   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 24, 2020
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   Done: House committeeFebruary 19, 2020
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   Done: Passes the HouseJune 4, 2020
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   Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
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   Done: Passes the SenateMarch 10, 202048–0
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   Done: To the GovernorJune 16, 2020
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   Done: Signed into lawJune 25, 2020

SF 2400 became law → The same legislation passed as SF 2400, so this version was set aside. Go to SF 2400 What’s a funnel?

Amendments · 4

3 adopted · 0 failed · 1 never voted on. Newest first.

• S-5106 · filed June 4, 2020 by

  AI summary This amendment changes the maximum grant amount from 15 percent to 35 percent of a provider's project cost and adds language about broadband mapping. It also creates a rule allowing the office of the chief information officer to use federal COVID-19 emergency funds to help providers install or improve broadband infrastructure. Its wording →
  Never voted on
• H-8194 · filed June 4, 2020 by

  AI summary This amendment adds a rule that allows the office of the chief information officer to give federal funds from the 2020 public health emergency to companies for installing or improving broadband service in Iowa. These grants must follow all federal requirements for how that money is used. Its wording →
  Adopted
  June 4, 2020
• H-8159 · filed March 12, 2020 by the House Appropriations Committee

  AI summary This amendment adds broadband mapping to the bill and limits certain fund usage to no more than one percent at the start of the fiscal year. It also changes the maximum grant amount from fifteen percent to thirty-five percent of a provider's project cost and splits the total grant fund equally between projects providing slower internet speeds and projects providing speeds of at least 100 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload. Its wording →
  Adopted
  June 4, 2020
• S-5072 · filed March 10, 2020 by Sen. Rich Taylor (D)

  AI summary This amendment adds a requirement for the office of the chief information officer to provide technical help to communications companies with their broadband grant applications. Its wording →
  Adopted
  March 10, 2020