HF 848: 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 including effective date and applicability provisions

What it does

This bill relates to broadband service, including facilitating the availability of broadband service in unsecured and underserved areas, and administration of the empower rural Iowa broadband grant fund. The bill modifies the definition of “facilitate” for purposes of Code chapter 8B to mean a communications service provider’s ability to provide broadband service at or above the download and upload speeds specified in the definition of a targeted service area to a home, farm, school, or business within a commercially reasonable time and at a commercially reasonable price upon request.

Lobbying · 40 for, 0 against

For: Alliant Energy Corporation; Americans For Prosperity; Ames Chamber of Commerce; Casey's General Stores; Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance; Center for Rural Affairs; Cerner Corporation; Community Bankers of Iowa; Connected Nation Development Corp.; Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce; Deere & Company; Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce; and 28 more

In plain words

1. March 22, 2021Filed in the House
2. March 29, 2021Passed the House
3. March 29, 2021Arrived in the Senate
4. April 6, 2021Took the place of SF 390 on the Senate floor (the same legislation)
5. April 6, 2021Passed the Senate, 47–0
6. April 28, 2021Sent to the Governor
7. April 28, 2021Signed into law