https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7eqd8/washington-state-votes-to-end-restrictions-on-community-broadband

Washington State lawmakers have voted to kill telecom-industry backed restrictions that limit the reach of community broadband. The Public Broadband Act (HB1336) passed the state Senate with a 27-22 vote on Sunday, after passing the House with a vote of 60-37 last February. State Representative Drew Hansen applauded the bill’s passage on Twitter, stating it “reverses decades of bad policy” and opens the door to better, cheaper broadband. 

“Washington was one of only 18 states that restricted local governments from serving the public by providing public broadband,” Hansen told Motherboard. “My bill eliminates that restriction.”