| 1 | | - | Enrolled February 13, 2018 Passed IN Senate February 12, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Resolution No. 74Introduced by Senators De Len, Wiener, Allen, Atkins, Beall, Bradford, Dodd, Hernandez, Hertzberg, Hill, Hueso, Jackson, Lara, Leyva, McGuire, Mitchell, Monning, Newman, Pan, Portantino, Roth, Skinner, Stern, and WieckowskiJanuary 22, 2018 Relative to net neutrality LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSR 74, De Len. Digest KeyBill TextWHEREAS, Net neutrality is the principle that the Internet should always remain a free, open, and egalitarian platform, where ideas and information are equally accessible to all parties; andWHEREAS, In December 2017, the Trump Administrations Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to repeal its 2015 Open Internet Order, which established strong net neutrality protections for American consumers and businesses who rely on the Internet; andWHEREAS, Three short decades ago, the world was just discovering the Internet and we had no idea just how rapidly and completely it would change our lives, from the way we communicate, to how we do business, how we get around, and even how we buy our groceries; andWHEREAS, Millions of Americans of every income level and political persuasion depend on a free and open Internet for their livelihoods; andWHEREAS, Today, the Internet is critical to free expression, free speech, and democracy; andWHEREAS, The FCCs recent repeal of net neutrality protections directly contradicts the will of the vast majority of Americans; andWHEREAS, Repealing net neutrality protections gives Internet service providers the power to sabotage their competition by throttling Internet speeds for competing content and the power to charge for priority bandwidth, which can give companies an unfair advantage in the race for our time, attention, and business; andWHEREAS, Without strong net neutrality protections, there is nothing to stop the companies that already monopolize the Internet from blocking certain Internet Web sites or information altogether; andWHEREAS, Californias nearly 40 million residents and our global economythe sixth largest on the planet by gross domestic productare heavily dependent on fair and competitive protections for Internet access; andWHEREAS, California has joined several states, including Washington, New York, Nebraska, Rhode Island, and New Jersey, in proposing state laws to protect consumers by establishing our own net neutrality protections; now, therefore, be itResolved by the Senate of the State of California, That the public interest in a free and open Internet outweighs the profits and political motives of Internet service providers; and be it furtherResolved, That the Senate urges the FCC to reinstate the 2015 Open Internet Order; and be it furtherResolved, That the Senate urges the United States Congress to intervene to protect net neutrality and codify its principles in statute; and be it furtherResolved, That the Senate commends the efforts of United States Senator Markey, Congressman Doyle, and their colleagues to use the Congressional Review Act to issue a resolution of disapproval to reverse the FCCs misguided decision to repeal the 2015 Open Internet Order; and be it furtherResolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution. |
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| 1 | + | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Resolution No. 74Introduced by Senators De Len, Wiener, Allen, Atkins, Beall, Bradford, Dodd, Hernandez, Hertzberg, Hill, Hueso, Jackson, Lara, Leyva, McGuire, Mitchell, Monning, Newman, Pan, Portantino, Roth, Skinner, Stern, and WieckowskiJanuary 22, 2018 Relative to net neutrality. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSR 74, as introduced, De Len. Digest KeyBill TextWHEREAS, Net neutrality is the principle that the Internet should always remain a free, open, and egalitarian platform, where ideas and information are equally accessible to all parties; andWHEREAS, In December 2017, the Trump Administrations Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to repeal its 2015 Open Internet Order, which established strong net neutrality protections for American consumers and businesses who rely on the Internet; andWHEREAS, Three short decades ago, the world was just discovering the Internet and we had no idea just how rapidly and completely it would change our lives, from the way we communicate, to how we do business, how we get around, and even how we buy our groceries; andWHEREAS, Millions of Americans of every income level and political persuasion depend on a free and open Internet for their livelihoods; andWHEREAS, Today, the Internet is critical to free expression, free speech, and democracy; andWHEREAS, The FCCs recent repeal of net neutrality protections directly contradicts the will of the vast majority of Americans; andWHEREAS, Repealing net neutrality protections gives Internet service providers the power to sabotage their competition by throttling Internet speeds for competing content and the power to charge for priority bandwidth, which can give companies an unfair advantage in the race for our time, attention, and business; andWHEREAS, Without strong net neutrality protections, there is nothing to stop the companies that already monopolize the Internet from blocking certain Internet Web sites or information altogether; andWHEREAS, Californias nearly 40 million residents and our global economythe sixth largest on the planet by gross domestic productare heavily dependent on fair and competitive protections for Internet access; andWHEREAS, California has joined several states, including Washington, New York, Nebraska, Rhode Island, and New Jersey, in proposing state laws to protect consumers by establishing our own net neutrality protections; now, therefore, be itResolved by the Senate of the State of California, That the public interest in a free and open Internet outweighs the profits and political motives of Internet service providers; and be it furtherResolved, That the Senate urges the FCC to reinstate the 2015 Open Internet Order; and be it furtherResolved, That the Senate urges the United States Congress to intervene to protect net neutrality and codify its principles in statute; and be it furtherResolved, That the Senate commends the efforts of United States Senator Markey, Congressman Doyle, and their colleagues to use the Congressional Review Act to issue a resolution of disapproval to reverse the FCCs misguided decision to repeal the 2015 Open Internet Order; and be it furtherResolved,That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution. |
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