LCO No. 600 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5251 January Session, 2021 LCO No. 600 Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY Introduced by: REP. TURCO, 27th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS AND NET NEUTRALITY PRINCIPLES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to require (1) Internet service 1 providers operating in the state to register with the Public Utilities 2 Regulatory Authority and pay an annual registration fee, (2) the Public 3 Utilities Regulatory Authority to apply net neutrality principles to 4 Internet service providers in Connecticut, and (3) a civil penalty be 5 imposed by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority for failure of an 6 Internet service provider to comply with such principles where each day 7 in violation is a separate offense. 8 Statement of Purpose: To require Internet service providers to register and pay registration fees and to require the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to apply net neutrality principles to Internet service providers and enforce such principles with civil penalties.