Video & Transcript Research : 'broadband access'
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OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Government Modernization and Technology Feb 9th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Government Modernization and Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, House Bill 2293 extends the sunset on the Oklahoma Broadband Office until December 31, 2030.
- for them to administer the final and largest of the grant monies to the BEAD program, which is a Broadband
- Equity Access Development program, a federal program.
- So this legislation ensures that the Oklahoma broadband is kept intact as is until December 31, 2030.
Keywords:
broadband, Oklahoma Broadband Office, broadband access, statewide broadband plan, internet connectivity, funding, grant programs, expansion council, termination plan, Oklahoma, Gas Hub, artificial intelligence, national laboratory, public-private partnerships, aerospace, high-performance computing, economic development, state agencies, high-risk AI decisions, deepfakes
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Technology and Telecommunications 2ND REVISED Apr 16th, 2026 at 08:45 am
Technology and Telecommunications
Transcript Highlights:
- do is to restrict minors, or let's say, let's say it a better way, not restrict but prohibit minor access
- Between the civil penalties, I guess my question is really if a minor accesses this technology and the
- House Bill 2293, as adopted by the committee sub, would extend the sunset for the Oklahoma Broadband
- So what we're asking is for the Oklahoma Broadband Office to develop a plan, kind of their window plan
- So, was the broadband office consulted about this new provision that was going to be enacted?
Keywords:
artificial intelligence, education reform, innovation, funding, advisory council, broadband, Oklahoma Broadband Office, broadband access, statewide broadband plan, internet connectivity, grant programs, expansion council, termination plan, Oklahoma, Gas Hub, national laboratory, public-private partnerships, aerospace, high-performance computing, economic development
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Agriculture Committee Meeting - 2025-04-09
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And land access opportunities overall.
- I'm well aware that we do have broadband.
- broadband in rural areas.
- Broadband, in and of itself, doesn't have jurisdiction. Over locates.
- It's a side entity that broadband...
Bills:
HF2446
Keywords:
agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs Feb 10th, 2026 at 09:01 am
House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs
Keywords:
museum, cultural affairs, lowrider, Espanola, appropriation, feasibility study, broadband access, low-income, rural areas, Indian nations, affordable internet, employment opportunities, detention centers, immigration, economic development, repurposing facilities, job transition, rural development, housing, affordable housing
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband May 2nd, 2025
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband
Transcript Highlights:
- Members of the public, the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Broadband will come to order.
- PEG fees, public access television fees.
- or just broadband. access in general.
- That's what the Monahans Broadband Project has sought funding for.
- With the Broadband Development Office, he's the director.
Keywords:
broadband, internet access, digital equity, tax reduction, government funding, rural counties, fiber-optic, state funding, infrastructure, digital divide, economic development, fiber-optic cable, excavation, utilities, civil penalties, municipal regulations, video services, regulation, public right-of-way, franchise authority
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband May 2nd, 2025
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband
Transcript Highlights:
- This relates to increasing access to and reducing the tax on Internet services.
- access from sales and use tax.
- Legislation, are we changing speeds for broadband service? I can take that.
- Do broadband providers pay that franchise fee too? No. And there currently is a lot...
- Access to them, too.
Keywords:
broadband, internet access, digital equity, tax reduction, government funding, rural counties, fiber-optic, state funding, infrastructure, digital divide, economic development, fiber-optic cable, excavation, utilities, civil penalties, municipal regulations, video services, regulation, public right-of-way, franchise authority
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- increase opportunities for land access. increase opportunities for land access. um<00:11:48.399>
- And I'm well aware that we do have broadband, where the reason we have broadband is because we were given
- well aware where the reason we broadband well aware where the reason we have<00:32:36.000>
broadband - It has very little to do with broadband.
- It has very little to do with broadband.
Bills:
HF2446
Keywords:
agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Line 217 is the broadband installation study, $100,000 in the first year.
- Um but office of broadband development.
- Seven is for the good food access program. Clause 8 is for co-op development grants.
- Seven is for the good food access program. Clause 8 is for co-op development grants.
- Seven is for the good food access egg.
Bills:
HF2446
Keywords:
agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Minnesotans to broadband.
- enacted last year gave Broadband enacted last year gave Broadband companies<00:45:21.960>
and - <00:46:25.640>
uh con connecting motans to broadband uh con connecting motans to broadband - all motans get access to border to<00:47:14.000>
border to border to border Broadband<00:47:16.160 - the safe installation of broadband the safe installation of broadband throughout<00:47:23.319>
Bills:
HF1704
Keywords:
Minnesota agriculture budget, Department of Agriculture appropriation, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, farm bill, rural development, agricultural grants, soil health, livestock compensation, crop damage, meat inspection, poultry inspection, county agricultural inspectors, biofertilizer, nitrogen management, commercial nitrogen fertilizer, water quality, farm down payment assistance, beginning farmers
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband Apr 16th, 2025
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband
Transcript Highlights:
- We have an inaccurate view of the lack of broadband accessibility in multifamily dwellings or MDUs.
- It's a broadband access bill. It's a broadband equity and accountability bill.
- It is a moral imperative. that Texans have access to broadband connection in a world that is increasingly
- I'm the Executive Director of the Texas Broadband Association. Texas Broadband Association.
- When I say that, that means eligible for funding, particularly looking at the Broadband Equity Access
Keywords:
telecommunications, local exchange companies, universal service fund, rate maintenance, business expansion, broadband access, internet service, multiunit residential properties, urban areas, affordability programs, fiber-optic cables, public land, construction permits, environmental impact, notification requirements, municipal projects, infrastructure, facility relocation, public right-of-way, 1184
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Information Technology Oversight Committee (6-10-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- with you today regarding open access with you today regarding open access networks,<00:35:55.520
- to access the same network assets.
- , we all think of free access.
- access model. access model.
- and accessible to all authorized users. and accessible to all authorized users.
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
KCNA Request for Proposal Process 00:00:01
Overview of KWIC Board and Funding of Kentucky Wired Network Refresh 00:18:10
Zayo Network Services 00:34:40
Discussion of Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Funding 00:57:32, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first focused on a disputed KCNA procurement for a statewide network-related RFP. Members questioned why the RFP had been labeled non-technical, whether COT should have reviewed it, and whether the KCNA board could direct that it be withdrawn. Finance and Administration Cabinet counsel Barbie Dickens said the RFP was authorized by KCNA working with procurement services after termination of the prior contract and breach notices, was issued in November 2025, paused during a protest, later resumed, and remained an open procurement. She said the agency—not the board—directs the procurement process, though she acknowledged an agency and OPS could cancel or reissue an RFP if needed. Legislators pushed back, citing KRS 154 and House Bill 314 as evidence that the KCNA board controls contracts and operations, and one member said the board had requested the RFP be withdrawn. Dickens said she could not predict the outcome and was not KCNA’s counsel. The discussion also touched on whether the current director had asked to stop the RFP and whether that request had been denied, with no final action taken during the exchange.
The committee then turned to Kentucky Wired Infrastructure Corporation and the Kentucky Wired refresh project. Jim Barnhart described the structure of the nonprofit corporation, the role of Quick and Quack in the financing and operations arrangement, and the board membership, noting that the refresh funding had been approved in the 2024-26 capital budget. He said the equipment upgrade is necessary because of end-of-life hardware and software support issues, and that the refresh would expand capacity, lower risk, and reduce operating costs. Barnhart said some equipment had already been received, the rest would be purchased later, and the project should begin before September and take about a year to complete. When asked about contract disputes involving Ledcor and whether the vendor had an ongoing contract, Barnhart and the authority representative said they had not been notified of any issues and were not directly involved in that contract dispute.
Committee members also raised concerns about a prior market test and whether a lower-cost bidder had been blocked from a previous RFP process. Barnhart said he understood Quack could make that decision and that the Commonwealth did not have input so long as the network was maintained, but he was not involved at the time. A legislator then read from the KCNA statute and argued that the board, not agency staff, is supposed to direct KCNA contracts and operations, saying House Bill 314 did not change those duties. The chair agreed the committee’s intent was for the board to control KCNA and direct contracts, and the discussion ended with a transition away from the KCNA dispute toward future testimony, including a presentation from Zayo Networks on open access networks and broadband infrastructure.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- is now under the bill is that Broadband is now under the jurisdiction jurisdiction jurisdiction of<00
- Chair Anderson responded that the reason this bill is in the A bill is that broadband is now under the
- example, he said, how can we continue to sustain and innovate for our farmers and help them find access
- We are not getting it in Minnesota for people who need access to food, especially locally grown food,
- c> to<00:25:38.440>
food <00:25:38.679>and <00:25:38.799>especially need access
Keywords:
Minnesota agriculture budget, Department of Agriculture appropriation, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, farm bill, rural development, agricultural grants, soil health, livestock compensation, crop damage, meat inspection, poultry inspection, county agricultural inspectors, biofertilizer, nitrogen management, commercial nitrogen fertilizer, water quality, farm down payment assistance, beginning farmers
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- been given the purview over uh Broadband been given the purview over uh Broadband funding<00:13:
- funding so the office of broadband funding so the office of broadband funding<00:13:59.519>
uh - <00:21:07.919>
this able to access this able to access this program<00:21:10.520>and moving uh again the uh the uh Broadband moving uh again the uh the uh Broadband deployment<00:30- He said broadband is very important and should be moving now.
Keywords:
Minnesota agriculture budget, Department of Agriculture appropriation, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, farm bill, rural development, agricultural grants, soil health, livestock compensation, crop damage, meat inspection, poultry inspection, county agricultural inspectors, biofertilizer, nitrogen management, commercial nitrogen fertilizer, water quality, farm down payment assistance, beginning farmers
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 18th, 2026 at 09:43 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords:
general appropriation, budget, Medicaid, education funding, public safety, telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 17th, 2026 at 08:07 am
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm here with my expert, Jeff Lopez, who is the Director of the Office of Broadband Access and Expansion
- I am Jeff Lopez, the Director of the New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion.
- Today, nine out of 10 households and small businesses have access to broadband.
- All of our citizens deserve access to high-quality, affordable fixed and mobile broadband.
- Residents are currently at risk of losing access to essential broadband services.
Keywords:
general appropriation, budget, Medicaid, education funding, public safety, telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Ways and Means Committee considers agriculture finance bill, HF2446 4/21/25
Ways and Means
Transcript Highlights:
- We have a broadband study grant in there.
- We have a jurisdiction for broadband.
- And broadband uh study grant in there.
- <00:04:33.360>
bill to the egg bill and broadband bill to the egg bill and broadband bill - >
study <00:08:02.479>earlier broadband uh installation study earlier broadband uh installation
Keywords:
agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- There's also the jurisdiction for broadband.
- I believe that concludes the amendments to the egg bill and broadband bill today.
- We had referenced the broadband installation study earlier to look at locations.
- You'll note on line 297 that the DEED Office of Broadband remains unchanged from the base.
- Any other questions for the chairs of the ag and broadband committee? Uh, closing remarks.
Keywords:
agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
HF2444, the veterans and military affairs finance bill, heard in Ways and Means Committee 4/21/25
Ways and Means
Transcript Highlights:
- Section 1 of Article 2 is from Representative Ray Rrower's House File 1662, which grants access to the
- Section 1 of Article 2 is from Representative Ray Rrower's House File 1662, which grants access to the
Keywords:
agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- , modifies state goals to include not just access but also broadband adoption and affordability, updates
- She said these changes will result in better high-speed internet access, broadband adoption, and affordability
- <01:02:43.079>
Broadband <01:02:43.559>adoption internet access Broadband adoption - internet access Broadband adoption affordability<01:02:44.640>
across <01:02:44.920>this - the broadband department, but that computer access and related items greatly expand outside what he
Keywords:
HF44, Casey Jones State Trail, Pipestone Trailhead, Currie Loop, Minnesota bonding bill, capital investment, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, trail rehabilitation, trail reconstruction, recreational trail, bike trail, hiking trail, infrastructure, state trail, Pipestone, Currie, bonding authorization
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 5 Feb 9th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- the measure was referred, who would make such report available to the legislative website, so and accessible
Bills:
HB2975, HB3405, HB3406, HB3728, HB3902, HB3977, SB397, HB1161, HB2938, HB2939, HB3306, HB3722, HB4113, HB4123, HB2293, HB3176, HB3545, HB3546
Keywords:
poultry waste, nutrient management, environmental regulations, agriculture, water quality, pollution prevention, best management practices, noxious weeds, poison hemlock, kudzu, landowner responsibilities, environmental control, public nuisance, eradication, burn bans, fire danger, drought conditions, emergency declaration, scrap metal, regulation