Senate Bill 1105 Summary

• Exempts voice over internet protocol (VoIP) services and internet protocol-enabled services from state and local regulation, defining them as services using internet protocol that enable users to send or receive communications in internet protocol format.

• Preempts all state government entities and political subdivisions from regulating VoIP and IP-enabled services entry, rates, terms, or conditions, with exceptions for emergency communications fees, telecommunications relay service fees, and universal service fund fees.

• Allows VoIP service and IP-enabled service providers to be subject to the Idaho consumer protection act and does not affect the Idaho public utilities commission's rights under federal telecommunications law (47 U.S.C. sections 214(e), 251, and 252).

• Revises definitions of "telecommunication service" and "telephone corporation" in Idaho Code to clarify that VoIP and IP-enabled services are excluded from traditional telecommunications regulation.

• Corrects code references in sections relating to video voyeurism, debt collection, telecommunications relay services, and access charges to reference the updated definition of "telecommunication service" as section 62-603(134) rather than previous numbering.