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$6 billion dollar broadband budget passes legislature, delivering internet to all Californians

Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) announced that AB 156, the Broadband Budget Bill, passed the Assembly with a 78-0, bipartisan vote. The bill later passed the State Senate by 39-0 margin.

Aguiar-Curry was a member of the Assembly negotiating team that keyed the deal with Governor Newsom and the Senate on the package. AB 156 revolutionizes the State’s broadband deployment program under the California Advanced Services Fund Program and provides new and increased funding to bring California into the technological 21st Century.