HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1262
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to broadband service providers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the Federal Communications Commission announced its decision and order to service providers that it would sunset the requirement to file broadband deployment information using the Form 477 filing system as of December 31, 2022. The collection of block-level fixed broadband data has been discontinued. Facilities-based providers of fixed and mobile internet access service are no longer required to submit block-level broadband deployment data in the Form 477 filing interface and broadband availability data in the broadband data collection system. Now, providers need only to submit broadband availability data in the broadband data collection system.

The purpose of this Act is to repeal the requirement for broadband service providers in the State to submit census-block level informational reports, for consistency with the December 2022 Federal Communications Commission requirement.

SECTION 3. Section 440J-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by deleting the definitions of "broadband access or broadband service", "broadband infrastructure", and "broadband speed threshold".

"["Broadband access or broadband service" means an "always-on" service that includes but is not limited to computer processing capabilities, information provision, and computing interactivity with data transport, enabling end users to access the Internet and use a variety of applications at minimum speeds established by the Federal Communications Commission.

"Broadband infrastructure" means the medium used to provide broadband access or broadband service, including fiber optic cable, copper cable, coaxial cable, and wireless media, such as satellite communications, wi-fi, and worldwide interoperability for microwave access.

"Broadband speed threshold" means the highest speed threshold defined or established in the most recent broadband progress report issued by the Federal Communications Commission to Congress.]"

SECTION 3. Section 440J-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§440J-2[]] Informational reports. [(a) Beginning on March 1, 2013, and on every March 1 thereafter, every provider, except for commercial mobile radio service providers, shall file with the department, in a form as prescribed by the director, separate reports for each county that include, over the most recent thirty-day period and without any other personal or private information, the following:

(1) Broadband access availability aggregated at the census-block level and detailed as a percentage of households, addresses, or tax map key parcels that cannot be serviced in a census-block at the broadband speed threshold; and

(2) The monthly price charged for the broadband service if purchased individually without any discounts.

(b)] Beginning on March 1, 2013, and on every March 1 thereafter, commercial mobile radio service providers shall file with the department data and information that is the same as and not inconsistent with information filed with the Federal Communications Commission."

SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

DCCA; Broadband Service Providers; Informational Reports

Description:

Repeals the requirement for broadband service providers to submit census-block level reports to the department of commerce and consumer affairs, for consistency with new Federal Communications Commission requirements.

The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.