Bill > H4222

This bill, titled "Relative to providing for net neutrality and consumer protection," aims to ensure that all customers in Massachusetts have access to an open and neutral Internet. The key provisions include: 1. Prohibiting Internet service providers from prioritizing, degrading, or blocking any lawful Internet traffic, except for reasonable network management. 2. Requiring Internet service providers to provide customers with full disclosure of their policies and any actions that could impact the prioritization or treatment of Internet traffic. 3. Establishing the "Massachusetts Internet Service Provider Registry" to make information on Internet service quality, pricing, and traffic management practices publicly available. 4. Mandating that Internet service providers provide customers with a document explaining the Massachusetts Net Neutrality Act and any policies or actions that could result in the prioritization, degradation, or blocking of Internet traffic. 5. Designating violations of the act as unfair or deceptive acts or practices under the state's consumer protection law, allowing the Attorney General or any other person to bring an action. The bill is intended to protect competition, innovation, and the free exchange of ideas on the Internet by preventing Internet service providers from exerting undue influence over customer access and online content.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H4222