Bill > SB903

This bill modifies and creates new provisions relating to telecommunications infrastructure by expanding the definition of "critical infrastructure facility" to explicitly include wireline or wireless telecommunications networks, infrastructure, or facilities, such as cell towers, telephone poles, and lines, including fiber optic lines, and broadband internet access generation, transmission, or distribution systems. It also establishes new offenses for damaging critical infrastructure facilities, with penalties varying based on the intent and extent of the damage, and for the unauthorized possession of certain materials like copper, brass, aluminum, and fiber-optic or telecommunications material, particularly when such materials are unlawfully obtained from critical infrastructure facilities. The bill also outlines specific categories of individuals and entities authorized to possess these materials and clarifies that these provisions do not apply to conduct protected by constitutional or legal rights.