Bill Sponsors: IN HB1065 | 2018 | Regular Session

Bill Title: Broadband grants and high speed Internet service. Authorizes the office of community and rural affairs (office) to award grants to qualified broadband providers in connection with qualified broadband projects involving the deployment of infrastructure to provide qualified broadband service in unserved areas in Indiana. Defines "qualified broadband service" as a connection to the Internet at an actual speed of at least 10 megabits per second downstream and at least one megabit per second upstream, regardless of the technology used. Defines an "unserved area" as a geographic area in Indiana in which there is not at least one provider of terrestrial

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 11-3)

Status: (Passed) 2018-03-21 - Public Law 177 [HB1065 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Representative David Ober [R]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-082FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Sharon Negele [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-013FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Ryan Hatfield [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-077FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Scott Pelath [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-009FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Erin Houchin [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-047FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Eric Koch [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-044FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator James Merritt [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-031FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Jean Leising [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-042FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Brian Buchanan [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-007FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Mark Messmer [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-048FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Lonnie Randolph [D]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-002FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Mike Bohacek [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-008FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Susan Glick [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-013FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator John Crane [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-024FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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