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The State of Washington has become the first state to pass its own full-fledged net neutrality law, grabbing the regulatory reins from the FCC, which had axed its own net neutrality rules a few months ago.

The law bars ISPs from prioritizing, throttling, or blocking online content. Net neutrality has never been legislated on a state level before and whether the law will survive legal challenges remains to be seen.

Three other states — Montana, New York, and New Jersey — have passed more limited laws requiring net neutrality for ISPs doing business with state governments.

So far, the number of state attorneys general joining a lawsuit to challenge the FCC’s scuttling of net-neutrality rules has risen to 23.