I am going to try to at least track the bills that get introduced that are at all related to broadband and/or broadband use. I may not follow all closely. Click the bill number for more info and updates:
Trying to fight back tears, Catherine and Hunter Muklebust say their son could still be alive if cameras caught the woman charged with his murder committing a prior alleged act of abuse at a daycare. …
“Video footage would have answered all of the questions we had,” Catherine Muklebust testified before the House Children Families and Finance Policy Committee Tuesday.
Barring a confession, Muklebust’s alleged killer would have never been caught in this case, said Rep. Nolan West (R-Blaine).
He sponsors “Harvey’s Law” that would require the installation of cameras in infant and toddler rooms and the retention of footage for 28 days at any Minnesota daycare center that receives state funding.
No action was taken.
This seems tangential to broadband but one of the uses that was mentioned when the Office of Broadband Development (OBD) spoke to MN Senate Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development on February 18 and to the MN House Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy on February 23 was how access to broadband would help childcare providers access online required professional development. It seems like connected cameras would be another reason to make sure childcare facilities have broadband.
HF XXXX (West) Informational Hearing Only: Requiring cameras in licensed child care centers that receive state funding, titled “Harvey’s Law”.