broadband; internet protocol services; commission

HB2930 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
broadband; internet protocol services; commission

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2930

Introduced by

Representative
Travers

AN
ACT

repealing
section 40-212, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 40, chapter 2,
article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding a new section 40-212;
relating to the corporation commission.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.
Repeal

Section 40-212, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is repealed.

Sec. 2. Title 40, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona
Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section 40-212, to read:

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40-212.

Broadband and
voice over
internet protocol services; evaluations; audits; reports; definitions

A. The commission shall oversee
broadband service and voice over internet protocol service.� The commission
shall adopt rules necessary to implement the oversight of broadband service and
voice over internet protocol service in this state, including rules:

1. To ensure the resiliency and
reliability of broadband infrastructure and to require internet service
providers to submit information related to network reliability, including
outage reporting.

2. To ensure the public safety and
adequacy of networks by exercising oversight of internet service providers�
emergency preparedness and plans for postemergency network restoration,
including establishing minimum power backup requirements and requiring all
internet service providers to maintain networks sufficiently to ensure reliable
and safe communications services.

3. To require internet service
providers to report data on the deployment and availability, pricing and
adoption of broadband service and voice over internet protocol service.

B. The commission shall conduct
evaluations and audits of facilities and infrastructure used to provide
high-speed internet service and evaluate facilities and infrastructure relating
to areas of public safety, resiliency, broadband and any other factors that the
commission deems relevant to achieving the goals of resiliency, quality and
public safety of broadband service as well as the overall goals of universal
access and affordability of broadband service.

C. The commission shall report
annually to the legislature on the commission's progress towards achieving the
goals of resiliency, quality and public safety of broadband service and voice
over internet protocol service.

D. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Broadband service":

(
a
) Means a
mass-market retail service that provides the capability to transmit data to and
receive data from all or substantially all internet endpoints.

(
b
) Includes
any capabilities that are incidental to and that enable the operation of the
communications service.

(
c
) Does not
include dial-up service.

2. "Internet
service provider" means any person, business or organization that is
qualified to do business in this state and that provides individuals,
corporations or other entities with the ability to connect to the internet with
a broadband service.

3. "Voice over internet protocol
service" means a service that:

(
a
) Enables
real-time, two-way voice communication.

(
b
) Requires a
broadband connection from the user's location.

(
c
) Requires
internet protocol-compatible customer premises equipment.

(
d
) Allows
users generally to both:

(
i
) Receive
calls that originate on the public switched telephone network.

(
ii
) Terminate
calls to the public switched telephone network.
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