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Read. Follow. Verify.Idaho House Bill 675 establishes a minimum speed of 100 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload for broadband services
Last action · February 17, 2026: Reported Printed and Referred to Local Government
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What This Bill Proposed
Idaho House Bill 675 redefines broadband to require minimum transmission speeds of 100 megabits per second for downloads and 20 megabits per second for uploads, effective July 1, 2026. The legislation updates definitions related to broadband infrastructure, broadband providers, and along highway rights-of-way.
Changes the legal performance threshold that telecommunications networks must meet to qualify as broadband within state highway rights-of-way and related statutes, directly impacting service providers and public infrastructure planning.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Broadband providers
Telecommunications, cable, and internet service providers must meet the newly established minimum download and upload speed thresholds to qualify under the statute.
Idaho Transportation Department
The department is referenced directly in statutory definitions governing highway rights-of-way and longitudinal access.
Key Facts
- House Bill 675 sets the legal definition of broadband at a minimum transmission speed of 100 megabits per second for downloads and 20 megabits per second for uploads.
- The legislation defines broadband infrastructure to include telecommunications equipment, conduit, and technologies deployed to provide services to wholesalers or end users.
- The bill expands provider categories to include telecommunications providers, cable service providers, cellular providers, political subdivisions, electric cooperatives, state government entities, and tribal governments.
- The term 'Department' is explicitly defined as the Idaho Transportation Department.
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- The 'Dig Once Policy' is defined as a practice that minimizes excavations and construction costs when installing broadband infrastructure in highway rights-of-way.
- Longitudinal access is defined as use of a highway right-of-way extending parallel for 100 or more linear feet.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Feb 17, 2026CommitteeReported Printed and Referred to Local Government
- Feb 16, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
Version history
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 55)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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