2021-04-23                     Senate Journal                      Page 0793
SJR 13                                                                                                                        
The Community and Regional Affairs Committee considered                                                                         
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 13 Supporting broadband                                                                             
deployment in the state; recognizing the benefits of broadband; urging                                                          
facilitation of broadband deployment; urging engagement with                                                                    
stakeholders; urging the United States Congress to include broadband                                                            
in 2021 federal infrastructure legislation; and urging the Alaska                                                               
delegation in Congress to advocate for flexible broadband funding                                                               
parameters, and recommended it be replaced with                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
          CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION                                                                                        
          NO. 13(CRA) Supporting broadband deployment in                                                                        
          the state; recognizing the benefits of broadband;                                                                     
          urging facilitation of broadband deployment; urging                                                                   
          engagement with stakeholders; urging the                                                                              
          development of a temporary centralized, technology-                                                                   
          neutral broadband and Internet access working group                                                                   
          in the state; urging the United States Congress to                                                                    
          include broadband in 2021 federal infrastructure                                                                      
          legislation; urging broadband providers to use                                                                        
          savings from federal infrastructure legislation to                                                                    
          provide broadband service at a reduced rate to the                                                                    
          state and its political subdivisions; and urging the                                                                  
          Alaska delegation in Congress to advocate for                                                                         
          flexible broadband funding parameters.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Signing do pass: Senator Hughes, Chair; Senator Gray-Jackson.                                                                   
Signing no recommendation: Senator Myers.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
     Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Senate Community and Regional                                                                     
      Affairs Committee                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
The resolution was referred to the Labor and Commerce Committee.