La. Lawmakers Pass Broadband Map Bill

Louisiana’s legislature passed a broadband mapping bill. The Senate voted 35-0 Sunday to concur with House amendments to SB-455. Under the bill, ISPs would have to submit to the state broadband office the same deployment information they give the FCC. House amendments limited the broadband office to hiring no more than one full-time employee for the mapping project, said a summary. A House-Senate conference committee made recommendations Monday to resolve disagreement between the chambers on another broadband bill (HB-1080). The agreed-upon bill would include raising minimum broadband speeds to 100/20 Mbps from 25/3 Mbps and set a procedure to privately fund broadband.