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Jul. 6, 2018

Lawmakers promise new net neutrality bills will pass legal challenges

A group of Democratic state lawmakers have announced a renewed effort to pass net neutrality legislation this year with a promise.

Lawmakers promise new net neutrality bills will pass legal challenges
Announcing a new plan thursday to pass state level net neutrality are, from left: Samantha Corbin, executive director, We Said Enough; Evan Minton, California director, Voices for Progress; Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Alameda; Ernesto Falcon, legislative counsel, Electronic Frontier Foundation; Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco; Bill Lange, executive director, California Clean Money Campaign; Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, D-Los Angeles.

SACRAMENTO — A group of Democratic state lawmakers announced a renewed effort to pass net neutrality legislation this year with a promise.

“We know it will withstand a legal challenge,” said Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, D-Los Angeles, told a packed Capitol press conference Thursday.

The ability to survive in court has been a key issue around the months-long effort to pass net neutrality legislatio...

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