CO HB1312

Internet service providers are disqualified from receiving Colorado high cost support mechanism funds or other state broadband deployment funding if they engage in blocking lawful content, paid prioritization, throttling/degrading traffic, or failing to provide network management transparency (except for reasonable network management practices and emergency/law enforcement situations).

Internet service providers found by federal agencies or courts to have engaged in prohibited practices must refund all money received from state broadband funding sources within the prior 24 months, with refunds allocated to the broadband deployment account.

The attorney general must develop and post written guidance by October 1, 2018, to help consumers file complaints with the Federal Trade Commission regarding internet service provider violations of open internet protections.

The broadband deployment board must periodically review Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission websites for orders or decrees against broadband grant applicants and awardees, and must deny applications or inform the state commission of violators.

Governmental bodies contracting for broadband internet access service must give preference to internet service providers that certify they will not engage in prohibited practices.