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HB1508: requiring fiber optic communications service providers to prioritize service restoration for public safety and public health organizations.

Citation
2024 HB1508
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House status
Interim Study
Committee
House Science, Technology and Energy
Hearing
01/29/2024 at 10:30 AM
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Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Science, Technology and Energy Health care Public safety

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HB 1508 - AS INTRODUCED

2024 SESSION

24-2625

10/08

HOUSE BILL 1508

AN ACT requiring fiber optic communications service providers to prioritize service restoration for public safety and public health organizations.

SPONSORS: Rep. Massimilla, Graf. 1; Rep. J. Sullivan, Graf. 2; Rep. Preece, Hills. 17; Rep. Gallager, Merr. 20; Rep. Booras, Hills. 8; Rep. Bouldin, Hills. 25; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Watters, Dist 4

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

ANALYSIS

This bill requires fiber optic communications providers to prioritize the restoration of communication and Internet access for critical infrastructure of public safety and public health organizations over commercial and residential customers.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2625

10/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT requiring fiber optic communications service providers to prioritize service restoration for public safety and public health organizations.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Section; Communications; Service Restorations. Amend RSA 362 by inserting after section 7 the following new section:

362:7-a Restoration of Service; Public Safety and Public Health Organizations. A provider of communications services, as described in RSA 82-A:2, III, through fiber optic cables shall, upon a disruption of service, prioritize the restoration of communication and Internet access for critical infrastructure of public safety and public health organizations over commercial and residential customers.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.