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# Vermont Lawmaker Introduces Affordable Broadband Bill
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/vermont-lawmaker-introduces-affordable-broadband-bill/
- Published: 2025-03-07T00:19:50.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T05:56:40.000Z
- Description: ‘With the N.Y. bill litigated, we just need to craft a bill more suited to Vermont,' Morrow said.
- Author: Jericho Casper
- Tags: Digital Inclusion, #with-siderail, Christopher Morrow, Vermont, Affordability, Supreme Court, California, Massachusetts, #no-flux

March 6, 2025 – Vermont has joined the growing list of states pursuing broadband affordability mandates after the [Supreme Court declined twice](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/supreme-court-still-wont-review-n-y-affordable-broadband-act/) to hear the broadband industry’s challenge to New York’s low-cost Internet law.

Vermont State Rep. **Christopher Morrow**, D-Windham, [introduced a bill](https://fastdemocracy.com/bill-search/vt/2025-2026/bills/VTB00010274/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) in late January requiring Internet service providers to offer low-cost broadband plans to eligible low-income households. The proposal would cap prices at $15 per month for speeds of at least 25 Megabits per second (Mbps) and $20 for 200 Mbps, inclusive of all taxes and fees.

Morrow, a member of the Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee, said the Supreme Court decision to uphold New York’s Affordable Broadband Act played a key role in shaping Vermont’s approach. 

"It is obviously more prudent to introduce bills with limited legal entanglement possibilities," he told *Broadband Breakfast* Wednesday. "So it was nice to have the N.Y. bill already litigated. Now we just need to craft a bill more suited to Vermont."

New York’s legal victory has inspired similar [efforts in California and Massachusetts](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/california-lawmaker-moves-to-cap-broadband-prices/), where lawmakers are moving forward with broadband pricing caps after the high court’s decision signaled an opening for states to regulate affordability.

The Vermont bill defines eligible low-income households as those that qualify for the federal Lifeline program — which covers participants in SNAP, Medicaid, SSI, and other assistance programs — or Vermont’s Home Heating Fuel Assistance Program.

More than 20 states have backed New York in its legal battle, and Vermont’s move adds momentum efforts for state-led broadband affordability laws.