The legislation follows an incident in which Verizon cut off firefighters' mobile devices that hit a monthly data limit during the biggest wildfire in California history.

"Bring it on," Inslee said at an event in Seattle on Tuesday.

The U.S. Justice Department sued the state moments after Gov. Jerry Brown signed the legislation, which seeks to impose rules the FCC overturned in late 2017.

From a net neutrality policy to shared enterprise infrastructure agreements, IT is creating better and faster services for citizens, says Mike Cooney, deputy to Montana Gov. Steve Bullock.

The phone company, accused of cutting off devices used by firefighters responding to the biggest wildfire in California history, says it will lift data-use limits on public safety customers during disasters.

It's the most comprehensive state-led effort countering the FCC's vote to repeal net neutrality.

Speaking at a smart cities conference, Bill de Blasio and Rahm Emanuel said it's up to cities to fulfill responsibilities national governments have shirked.

State senators rejected amendments that would've made the bill less stringent on internet service providers.

Proponents of the measure to restore net neutrality in the state say a Senate committee's analysis was "like it was literally written by lobbyists" for ISPs.