HB 289 – DIT/Broadband Mapping Funds

Primary House Sponsors: Rep. Dean Arp (R-Union); Rep. Robert Reives, II (D-Chatham, Durham); Rep. Pat McElraft (R-Carteret, Jones); Rep. Donny Lambeth (R-Forsyth)

Summary

This bill requires the Department of Information Technology to prepare statewide broadband maps to identify the capabilities and needs related to broadband access and appropriates $1M to the Department for the 2020-2021 fiscal year to be used for broadband mapping,

Movement

Filed – 3/11/2021