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Senate Bill 5715 — State of Washington, 2022 Regular Session (Broadband Definition)

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Senate Bill 5715 (S-3460.1) of the State of Washington, 67th Legislature, 2022 Regular Session, is by Senators Wellman, Sheldon, Randall, and C. Wilson. It was prefiled 01/06/22, read first time 01/10/22, and referred to the Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology. The bill modifies the definition of broadband or broadband service and amends RCW 43.330.530. Section 2 changes the minimum transmission speeds from twenty-five megabits per second download and three megabits per second upload to 100 megabits per second download and 20 megabits per second upload. It also strikes the clause that kept the state's definition of unserved areas from falling below the older speeds.

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     S-3460.1

                               SENATE BILL 5715


     State of Washington       67th Legislature       2022 Regular Session

     By Senators Wellman, Sheldon, Randall, and C. Wilson

     Prefiled 01/06/22. Read first time 01/10/22.    Referred to Committee
     on Environment, Energy & Technology.




 1       AN ACT Relating to modifying the definition of broadband or
 2   broadband service; amending RCW 43.330.530; and creating a new
 3   section.


 4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:


 5       NEW SECTION.   Sec. 1.   The legislature recognizes the statewide
 6   broadband office's objective of scalability while appreciating that a
 7   digital economy will continue to drive higher and higher speeds.
 8   Therefore,   the  legislature   intends  to  move   towards  adequate
 9   connectivity in terms of the needs of economic development,
10   education, and telehealth services.

11       Sec. 2.   RCW 43.330.530 and 2019 c 365 s 2 are each amended to
12   read as follows:
13       The definitions in this section apply throughout this section and
14   RCW 43.330.532 through 43.330.538 unless the context clearly requires
15   otherwise.
16       (1) "Board" means the public works board established in RCW
17   43.155.030.
18       (2) "Broadband" or "broadband service" means any service
19   providing advanced telecommunications capability and internet access
20   with transmission speeds that, at a minimum, provide ((twenty-five))
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 1   100 megabits per second download and ((three)) 20 megabits per second
 2   upload.
 3       (3) "Broadband infrastructure" means networks of deployed
 4   telecommunications equipment and technologies necessary to provide
 5   high-speed internet access and other advanced telecommunications
 6   services to end users.
 7       (4) "Department" means the department of commerce.
 8       (5) "Last mile infrastructure" means broadband infrastructure
 9   that serves as the final connection from a broadband service
10   provider's    network   to    the    end-use    customer's    on-premises
11   telecommunications equipment.
12       (6)   "Local   government"    includes   cities,   towns,   counties,
13   municipal corporations, public port districts, public utility
14   districts, quasi-municipal corporations, special purpose districts,
15   and multiparty entities comprised of public entity members.
16       (7) "Middle mile infrastructure" means broadband infrastructure
17   that links a broadband service provider's core network infrastructure
18   to last mile infrastructure.
19       (8) "Office" means the governor's statewide broadband office
20   established in RCW 43.330.532.
21       (9) "Tribe" means any federally recognized Indian tribe whose
22   traditional lands and territories included parts of Washington.
23       (10) "Unserved areas" means areas of Washington in which
24   households and businesses lack access to broadband service, as
25   defined by the office((, except that the state's definition for
26   broadband service may not be actual speeds less than twenty-five
27   megabits per second download and three megabits per second upload)).

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