An Act protecting consumers by prohibiting blocking, throttling, or paid prioritization in the provision of Internet service
By Mr. Vargas of Haverhill, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Andres X. Vargas and others for legislation to assure net neutrality by Internet service providers and the equal treatment of data on the Internet, and to prohibit discrimination or charge disparity of user, content, website, platform, application, type of attached equipment or method of communication. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.
Bill Information
Bill Information
- Presenter:
- Andres X. Vargas
Emergency Preamble
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to preserve forthwith and uphold the open foundation of the internet by adhering to certain principles, including: free flow of information over the internet; no blocking of lawful websites; no unreasonable discrimination of lawful network traffic; no paid prioritization; and clear commitment to transparency, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Petitioners
| Name | District/Address |
|---|---|
| Andres X. Vargas | 3rd Essex |
| Jonathan Hecht | 29th Middlesex |
| Brian M. Ashe | 2nd Hampden |
| Cory Atkins | 14th Middlesex |
| Ruth B. Balser | 12th Middlesex |
| Christine P. Barber | 34th Middlesex |
| John Barrett | 1st Berkshire |
| Jennifer E. Benson | 37th Middlesex |
| James M. Cantwell | 4th Plymouth |
| Evandro C. Carvalho | 5th Suffolk |
| Sonia Chang-Diaz | Second Suffolk |
| Mike Connolly | 26th Middlesex |
| Michael S. Day | 31st Middlesex |
| Diana DiZoglio | 14th Essex |
| William Driscoll | 7th Norfolk |
| Tricia Farley-Bouvier | 3rd Berkshire |
| Dylan Fernandes | Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket |
| Sean Garballey | 23rd Middlesex |
| Denise C. Garlick | 13th Norfolk |
| Colleen M. Garry | 36th Middlesex |
| Carmine L. Gentile | 13th Middlesex |
| Solomon Goldstein-Rose | 3rd Hampshire |
| Patricia A. Haddad | 5th Bristol |
| Natalie Higgins | 4th Worcester |
| Russell E. Holmes | 6th Suffolk |
| Patricia D. Jehlen | Second Middlesex |
| Louis L. Kafka | 8th Norfolk |
| Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex |
| Peter V. Kocot | 1st Hampshire |
| Robert M. Koczera | 11th Bristol |
| Stephen Kulik | 1st Franklin |
| Barbara A. L'Italien | Second Essex and Middlesex |
| Jack Lewis | 7th Middlesex |
| Jason M. Lewis | Fifth Middlesex |
| David Paul Linsky | 5th Middlesex |
| Adrian Madaro | 1st Suffolk |
| Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk |
| Paul W. Mark | 2nd Berkshire |
| Juana B. Matias | 16th Essex |
| Paul McMurtry | 11th Norfolk |
| James R. Miceli | 19th Middlesex |
| Frank A. Moran | 17th Essex |
| Mathew Muratore | 1st Plymouth |
| Brian Murray | 10th Worcester |
| Harold P. Naughton, Jr. | 12th Worcester |
| Patrick M. O'Connor | Plymouth and Norfolk |
| James J. O'Day | 14th Worcester |
| Sarah K. Peake | 4th Barnstable |
| Smitty Pignatelli | 4th Berkshire |
| Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex |
| David M. Rogers | 24th Middlesex |
| Jeffrey N. Roy | 10th Norfolk |
| Byron Rushing | 9th Suffolk |
| Thomas M. Stanley | 9th Middlesex |
| William M. Straus | 10th Bristol |
| Steven Ultrino | 33rd Middlesex |
| Aaron Vega | 5th Hampden |
| RoseLee Vincent | 16th Suffolk |
| Chris Walsh | 6th Middlesex |
| Thomas P. Walsh | 12th Essex |
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