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EVENT Mar 5: MN House Ag Finance & Policy on HF47 certification for broadband installers

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Agriculture Finance and Policy Chair: Rep. Live Video Bills Added HF47 (Schultz) Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified. Happening tomorrow (Mar 5) online and in person… Wednesday, March 5, 2025 , 1:00 PM Time Note: The committee will reconvene at 6:30 p.m.

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MN House Ag, Finance and Policy Committee moved onto the general register: HF47: certification of broadband installers modified

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The MN House Ag, Finance and Policy committee heard about HF47 : Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified. Agriculture Finance and Policy Chair: Rep. We want to keep people safe and have broadband. Q: The bigger question is can we meet the broadband building deadline?

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MN House Ag Bill proposes $17 million – $2 million for broadband development

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The MN House reports The chair of the House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee unveiled a committee budget bill Monday that he said supports all kinds of agriculture here in Minnesota. million to the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute; and $2 million for broadband development. Paul Anderson (R-Starbuck).

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EVENT Feb 20: MN House Committee to hear about Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified

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Happening tomorrow morning and both topics may be of interest… Thursday, February 20, 2025 , 8:15 AM Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Chair: Rep. 47 (Schultz) Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified II. Dave Baker Location: Capitol G3 Agenda: H.F.

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National Conference of State Legislatures’ Broadband Policy Toolkit

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The National Conference of State Legislatures has a slick Broadband Policy Toolkit … This NCSL toolkit covers the state policy landscape and considerations to address broadband deployment, adoption and affordability, and provides a wide variety of resources for policymakers, including legislative tracking, issue briefs and podcasts.

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MN HF47 moves forward: Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified

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Today the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy heard more about: HF47 (Schultz) Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified. MN has good broadband. The certification program set to start this year could bring broadband deployment to a halt.

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Bill introduced in MN House: HF844 getting more data on broadband deployment from providers

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844, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; modifying provisions governing broadband workforce plan data; modifying investigative authority; modifying provisions governing underground telecommunications infrastructure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116J.395, 395, subdivision 9; 216B.17, new text end Sec.