Wireless communications infrastructure; procedure for approved by localities. (SB1282)

Introduced By

Sen. Ryan McDougle (R-Mechanicsville)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Wireless communications infrastructure. Provides a uniform procedure for the way in which wireless communications infrastructure is approved by localities and approved and installed in public rights-of-way. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/10/2017Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103885D
01/10/2017Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/30/2017Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB1282)
01/30/2017Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 0-N 2-A) (see vote tally)
01/30/2017Committee substitute printed 17104435D-S1
02/01/2017Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/02/2017Read second time
02/02/2017Reading of substitute waived
02/02/2017Committee substitute agreed to 17104435D-S1
02/02/2017Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1282S1
02/03/2017Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N 1-A) (see vote tally)
02/03/2017Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A) (see vote tally)
02/03/2017Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N 1-A) (see vote tally)
02/08/2017Placed on Calendar
02/08/2017Read first time
02/08/2017Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
02/09/2017Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/09/2017Committee substitute printed 17105221D-H1
02/13/2017Read second time
02/14/2017Floor substitute printed 17105460D-H2 (Kilgore)
02/14/2017Read third time
02/14/2017Committee substitute rejected 17105221D-H1
02/14/2017Substitute by Delegate Kilgore agreed to 17105460D-H2
02/14/2017Engrossed by House - floor substitute SB1282H2
02/14/2017Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N)
02/14/2017VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2017House substitute agreed to by Senate (32-Y 4-N 2-A) (see vote tally)
02/15/2017Title replaced 17105460D-H2
02/20/2017Enrolled
02/20/2017Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1282ER)
02/20/2017Signed by Speaker
02/21/2017Signed by President
02/21/2017Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/2017G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
03/27/2017Governor's recommendation received by Senate
04/05/2017G Governor's recommendation adopted in part
04/05/2017Senate concurred in Governor's recommendations #'s 1-7 (39-Y 0-N 1-A) (see vote tally)
04/05/2017Recommendation #8 passed by for the day
04/05/2017Reconsideration of Governor's recommendations #'s 1-7 agreed to (38-Y 0-N 2-A) (see vote tally)
04/05/2017Senate concurred in Governor's recommendations #'s 1-7 (38-Y 0-N 2-A) (see vote tally)
04/05/2017House concurred in Governor's recommendation to Amendments # 1-7 (98-Y 0-N)
04/05/2017VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
04/05/2017G Governor's recommendation adopted in-part
04/05/2017Reenrolled
04/05/2017Reenrolled bill text (SB1282ER2)
04/05/2017Signed by President as reenrolled
04/05/2017Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
04/05/2017Communicated to Governor
04/05/2017G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 5, 2017
04/26/2017G Approved by Governor-Chapter 835 (effective 7/1/17)
04/26/2017G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0835)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 3 clips in all, totaling 21 minutes.

Transcript

This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.

AGREEMENTS. THE SENATOR FROM ROANOKE CITY, SENATOR EDWARDS.

Sen. John Edwards (D-Roanoke): MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT SENATE BILL 1226 PASS, AND BY WAY OF EXPLANATION, MR. PRESIDENT.

[Unknown]: SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR.

Sen. John Edwards (D-Roanoke): THIS BILL WOULD ENABLE LOCALITIES TO ENTER INTO SOLAR SERVICES AGREEMENTS WITH THIRD PARTIES AND ALLOW THE AGREEMENT TO MAINTAIN AS CONFIDENTIAL AND UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT CERTAIN PROPRIETY INFORMATION. THERE IS A PROCESS TO DO THIS. IT HAS TO BE AS AUTHORIZED IN THE EXISTING FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, FINANCE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BE DISCLOSED, HOWEVER. IT WOULD NOT ALLOW THAT TO ME MAINTAINED AS CONFIDENTIAL. SO WITH THAT EXPLANATION, MR. PRESIDENT, AND STATING THAT I THINK THIS WOULD ENABLE A LOT OF LOCALITIES TO DO WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO, ENTER INTO SOLAR SERVICES AGREEMENTS, I MOVE AGAIN THAT THE BILL PASS.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE QUESTION IS, SHALL SENATE BILL 1226 PASS. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES AYE; THOSE OPPOSED, NO. ARE THE SENATORS READY TO VOTE? HAVE ALL THE SENATORS VOTED? DO ANY SENATORS DESIRE TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.

[Unknown]: AYES 35, NOS 5. AYES 35, NOS 5. THE BILL PASSES. SENATE BILL 1264, A BILL RELATING TO THE VIRGINIA TELEPHONE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT; TELEPHONE SOLICITATION CALLS. THE SENIOR SENATOR FROM LOUDOUN COUNTY, SENATOR BLACK.

Sen. Dick Black (R-Leesburg): THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MOVING PASSAGE AND SPEAKING TO THAT MOTION.

[Unknown]: SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR.

Sen. Dick Black (R-Leesburg): LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SENATE BILL 1264 SIMPLY UPDATES THE VIRGINIA TELEPHONE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT. OVER TIME, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS SELLERS WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN COMPLYING WITH THE PRIVACY ACT HAD BEGUN TO USE A THIRD PARTY AGENT WHO BYPASS THE DO-NOT-CALL LIST AND PROVISIONS OF THAT SORT, AND THEY MAKE CALLS WITHOUT IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES AND SO FORTH, AND THAT HAS BECOME A PROBLEM. SO WHAT IT DOES IS ESSENTIALLY IT USES THE AGENCY, THE PRINCIPAL AND AGENCY TO HOLD LIABLE THE SELLER FOR ACTS BY THESE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE CALLING OFTEN FROM OFF SHORE, AND WE DO HAVE PROVISIONS THAT SAY THAT SO LONG AS THE OFF SHORE ORGANIZATION FOLLOWS THE GUIDANCE OF THE SELLER THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM. SO ANYWAY, WITH THAT, I URGE THAT YOU PASS THE BILL. THANK YOU.

[Unknown]: THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE SENATOR FROM ALEXANDRIA, SENATOR EBBIN.

Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria): WOULD THE SENIOR SENATOR FROM LOUDOUN YIELD FOR A QUESTION?

[Unknown]: WOULD THE SENIOR SENATOR YIELD FOR A QUESTION?

Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria): THANK YOU. HE YIELDS, SENATOR. I DO COMMEND HIM FOR BRINGING THE BILL, AS I HATE THESE HORRIBLE CAUSES AS MUCH AS THE NEXT PERSON BUT HAD A PRACTICAL IT APPLIES TO VIRGINIA QUESTION. RESIDENTS. I WAS WONDERING, DON'T MANY VIRGINIA RESIDENTS HAVE AREA CODES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED ON THEIR CELL PHONES WITH AREAS THAT ARE ORIGINATED OUTSIDE OF VIRGINIA? IN OTHER WORDS, COULD I HAVE A NON-VIRGINIA AREA CODE ON MY CELL PHONE?

[Unknown]: THE SENIOR SENATOR FROM LOUDOUN COUNTY. I'D RESPOND BY SAYING THAT THESE INCOMING CALLS TYPICALLY HAVE NO IDENTIFYING INFORMATION WHATSOEVER. I HAVE SOME HARD LINES THAT YOU'LL TYPICALLY GET AN IT WILL SAY SUSAN B., AND YOU IDENTIFICATION. ANSWER. THERE'S NO IDENTIFICATION WHATSOEVER OF IT. THAT REALLY IS THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. PREVIOUSLY, WHERE YOU HAD THE CALLER IDENTIFIED, THEN YOU HAD SOMEBODY THAT YOU COULD GO AFTER, AND SO YOU HAVE THIS PROCESS OF SKIRTING GOING ON WHERE YOU HAVE SELLERS OF PRODUCTS WHO ARE SAYING, OKAY, I CAN BYPASS WHAT VIRGINIA IS TRYING TO DO. I'LL HIRE SOME COMPANY THAT JUST SIMPLY BLOWS OFF THE LAW AND THERE'S NO COMEBACK. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET AT. WOULD THE GENTLEMAN YIELD FOR ANOTHER QUESTION? THE SENATOR YIELD AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION. I YIELD SENATOR. I THANK HIM FOR DESCRIBING THE BILL. I UNDERSTAND IT BETTER, BUT DON'T MANY VIRGINIANS -- BECAUSE THE BILL APPLIES TO PERSONS WHO LIVE IN VIRGINIA. IF THEY MOVE FROM ELSEWHERE, MIGHT THEY HAVE AN AREA CODE FROM ILLINOIS OR NORTH CAROLINA OR SOMEWHERE ELSE LIVING IN VIRGINIA, AND HOW WOULD THE -- ON A PRACTICAL BASIS, HOW WOULD WE ENFORCE THAT OR HOW WOULD THE PERSON WHO IS CALLING THESE CALL SENATORS OR WHOEVER KNOW WHO -- IN OUR STATE, THEY SHOULDN'T BE CALLING WHO THEY SHOULD. THE SENIOR SENATOR. I RESPOND BY SAYING THAT WHAT THIS DOES IS IT SAYS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION, THAT YOU'RE NOT LIMITED TO SIMPLY GOING AFTER THE INDIVIDUAL WHO CALLS, WHETHER THEY'RE CALLING FROM WITHIN VIRGINIA, FROM ANOTHER STATE OR FROM OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY. WHAT IT DOES IS IT APPLIES PRINCIPLES OF AGENCIES, AND IT SAYS YOU CAN GO AFTER THE SELLER. SO IF YOU HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS SELLING NEW ROOFS AND THEY HAVE A COMPANY AND THEY HIRE THE COMPANY AND THIS COMPANY HOUNDS EVERYBODY UNDER CREATION AND SAYS, WE CAN SELL YOU A GREAT ROOF. SIPE UP, -- SIGN UP. AND PEOPLE ARE ON THE DO-NOT-CALL LIST, AND THEY SAID, DON'T CALL US. YOU'RE NOT LIMITED ANY LONGER TO GOING AFTER THE PERSON WHO CALLS, BUT THE COMPANY ITSELF THAT'S SELLING THE ROOFS. SO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY THERE AND IT'S UNDER THE PRINCIPLE OF AGENCY. THANK YOU, SENATOR. SPEAK VERY BRIEFLY TO THE FLOOR. SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR. AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR BRINGING THE BILL AND DESCRIBING IT. I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR THE BILL BY I'M GOING TO SUGGEST IT MIGHT NEED TINKERING AT THE OTHER END OF THE HALL, BECAUSE IT SAYS THE PERSON WHO IS CALLED HAS TO BE A VIRGINIA RESIDENT. I'M JUST POINTING OUT IT'S HARD TO KNOW IN THIS DAY OF CELL PHONES, WHEN YOU'RE CALLING A NUMBER, WHETHER YOU'RE IN VIRGINIA OR NOT, BECAUSE YOU CALL ANY U.S. AREA CODE OR AN OVERSEAS CODE AND REACH A RESIDENT OF VIRGINIA IF THEY HAVE MOVED AFTER THEY OBTAINED THAT CELL PHONE NUMBER. SO I JUST HOPE YOU'LL LOOK CAREFULLY AT THAT. AND WITH THAT, I'M FINE. THANK YOU.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE QUESTION IS, SHALL SENATE BILL 1264 PASS? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES AYE; THOSE OPPOSED, NO. ARE THE SENATORS READY TO VOTE? HAVE ALL THE SENATORS VOTED? DO ANY SENATORS DESIRE TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.

[Unknown]: AYES 40, NOS 0. AYES 40, NOS 0. THE BILL PASSES. SENATE BILL 1265, A BILL RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES; MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY RECORDS; NOTIFICATION WHEN LEASE OR OTHER AGREEMENT TO TERMINATE; REPORT. THE SENATOR FROM RUSSELL COUNTY, SENATOR CHAFIN.

Sen. Ben Chafin (R-Lebanon): THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I MOVE THE BILL PASS.

[Unknown]: SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR.

Sen. Ben Chafin (R-Lebanon): SPEAKING TO THE BILL. I BELIEVE THAT EACH OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHOULD BE GIVEN NOTICE WHEN A STATE AGENCY MOVES OUT OF AN OFFICER WITHIN THE DISTRICT OR MOVES TO ANOTHER OFFICE OR CHANGES ADDRESSES OR LOCATIONS. THAT'S ALL THIS BILL DOES. IT PROVIDES NOTICE TO US ON A QUARTERLY BASIS OF STATE AGENCY OFFICES THAT MOVE AROUND OR THAT MOVE FROM ONE DISTRICT TO THE OTHER, AND IT GIVES US 90 DAYS ADVANCED NOTICE OF ANY CHANGE IN -- ANY INTENTION TO CHANGE FOR THAT STATE AGENCY.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE QUESTION IS, SHALL SENATE BILL 1265 PASS. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES AYE; THOSE OPPOSED, NO. ARE THE SENATORS READY TO VOTE? HAVE ALL THE SENATORS VOTED? DO ANY SENATORS DESIRE TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.

[Unknown]: AYES 39, NOS 0. AYES 39, NOS 0. THE BILL PASSES. SENATE BILL 1282, A BILL RELATING TO WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE. THE SENATOR FROM HANOVER, SENATOR MCDOUGLE.

Sen. Ryan McDougle (R-Mechanicsville): MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BILL PASS, AND SPEAKING TO THE MOTION.

[Unknown]: SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR.

Sen. Ryan McDougle (R-Mechanicsville): MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BODY THIS, BILL HAS TO DO WITH WHERE WE HAVE ACCESS TO WIRELESS SERVICE IN VIRGINIA. NOW, I'LL TELL YOU A STORY THAT I THINK MANY OF Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE EXPERIENCED YOURSELF. ON SATURDAY MORNING LAST WEEK, MY LITTLE GIRL, REAGAN, DECIDED SHE WANTED TO GO WITH US ON ERRANDS. SO WE ALL POPPED INTO THE CAR TO DRIVE DOWN THE INTERSTATE TO GO DO THOSE. WHEN WE POPPED IN THE CAR, THE CAR HAD G.P.S. I HAD MY CELL PHONE, WHICH IS A SMARTPHONE. MY WIFE HAD HER CELL PHONE, WHICH IS A SMARTPHONE, AND MY LITTLE GIRL WANTED TO HAVE HER NETFLIX STREAMING AS WE WENT DOWN THE ROAD. WELL, MR. PRESIDENT, WHEN WE STARTED WITH TECHNOLOGY ON CELL PHONE AND INFRASTRUCTURE, WE DIDN'T NEED THAT MUCH ABILITY TO HAVE INFORMATION. THERE WAS NOBODY STREAMING MOVIES AS YOU WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THERE WAS NO NAVIGATION AND G.P.S. THAT WAS GOING ON CONTINUOUSLY, AND MR. PRESIDENT, THAT NEED FOR WIRELESS DATA HAS CREATED A CHALLENGE AND A PROBLEM. OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DATA IS NOW NEEDING TO -- IT'S GOING TO INCREASE SIX FOLD IN FIVE YEARS. SO FROM 2015 TO 2020, IN JUST FIVE YEARS, THE DATA TRAVELING THROUGH THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS GOING TO INCREASE SIX TIMES. THAT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE. BUT MR. PRESIDENT, I THINK VIRGINIA NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO -- VIRGINIANS AND VIRGINIA NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE URBAN AREAS AND IN THE RURAL AREAS CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT DATA AND THAT INFORMATION, BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, IT'S VITAL TO SUCCESS IN BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATION WITH OUR FAMILIES, AND WE WANT TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE AVAILABLE NEW TECHNOLOGY, NEW SPEEDS THAT WILL BE COMING THROUGH THE NEXT GENERATION OF 5 G. MR. PRESIDENT, IN ORDER TO INSURE THAT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND ACCESS CAN BE MADE THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH, WE NEED TO BEEF UP OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WITH THIS BILL, WE'VE CREATED A STATEWIDE APPROACH TO MAKING SURE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BE IN PLACE. I'LL TELL YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS BILL HAS BEEN WORKED ON FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. THERE ARE SOME CHANGES YET TO BE MADE, SOME NEGOTIATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY GOING ON THAT I THINK WILL MAKE VIRGINIA THE LEADER AND MAKE SURE THAT MY LITTLE GIRL CAN ACCESS HER NETFLIX AS SHE GOES DOWN THE ROAD, BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU, MY LIFE IS SUBSTANTIALLY BETTER BECAUSE SHE CAN DO THAT AS WE'RE DRIVING FROM PLACE TO PLACE, AND I AM CONFIDENT I AM NOT THE ONLY PARENT WHO HAS A CHILD THAT NEEDS TO INSURE THAT THEY ARE HAPPY AS WE'RE MOVING DOWN THROUGH THE ROADS OF THE COMMONWEALTH. WITH THAT, MR. PRESIDENT, I RENEW MY MOTION THAT THE BILL PASS.

[Unknown]: THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE SENATOR FROM PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, SENATOR MCPIKE.

Sen. Jeremy McPike (D-Dale City): MR. PRESIDENT, WILL THE GENTLEMAN FROM HANOVER YIELD FOR A QUESTION.

[Unknown]: WOULD THE SENATOR FROM HANOVER YIELD?

Sen. Jeremy McPike (D-Dale City): I YIELD.

[Unknown]: HE YIELDS, SENATOR. FIRST, I'D SAY TO THE GENTLEMAN, MY THREE DAUGHTERS ALSO HAVE A HIGH DEMAND AND NEED OF STREAMING OF NETFLIX. AT FIRST WHEN I SAW THIS, I WAS VERY INTERESTED IN 5 G AND THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES, ESPECIALLY THE REPEATER SITES. AND SO THE QUESTION TO THE GENTLEMAN WOULD BE, DOES THIS BILL PROHIBIT AND BAN LOCALITIES FROM ENTERING IN LEASES ON THEIR OWN EXISTING STRUCTURES THAT THEY PAID TAXES ON IN THE THE SENATOR FROM HANOVER. RIGHT-OF-WAY. MR. PRESIDENT, AND I WILL TELL THE GENTLEMAN THAT AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS, THERE ARE STILL SOME ELEMENTS TO BE NEGOTIATED, BUT I WILL TELL THE GENTLEMAN THAT AS THE BILL IS WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS NOW, A LOCALITY CANNOT -- IF THERE'S AN EXISTING STRUCTURE, AND IT'S IN PLACE AND IT'S USED FOR ALL THE COMMUNICATION SERVICES, THEN THOSE SMALL CELL DEVICES, THEIR TERMS, ONES THAT ARE ONE FOOT TO APPROXIMATELY THREE FOOT IN DIAMETER, CAN BE PLACED ON TOP OF THOSE. MR. PRESIDENT, I ALSO TELL THE GENTLEMAN THAT THERE IS A PERMITTING PROCESS, BUT WHAT IT DOES NOT ALLOW THAT A FEE CAN BE CHARGED FOR, BUT I WILL TELL THE GENTLEMAN WHAT IT DOES NOT ALLOW A LOCALITY TO DO IS TREAT THIS TELECOMMUNICATION DISSIMILARLY THAN IT TREATS OTHER UTILITIES, LIKE WATER AND SEWER AND POWER. THE SENATOR FROM PRINCE WILLIAM, SENATOR MCPIKE. WOULD THE GENTLEMAN YIELD TO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?

Sen. Jeremy McPike (D-Dale City): I YIELD.

[Unknown]: HE YIELDS, SENATOR.

Sen. Jeremy McPike (D-Dale City): WOULD THE SENATOR AGREE THAT AS OUR GIRLS ARE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROADS AND STREAMING NETFLIX AND WATCHING THEIR FAVORITE SHOWS OR MOVIES, THAT THERE'S ALSO A NEED FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE? IS IT TRUE THAT THIS BILL ALSO PROHIBITS COLOCATION OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE ON THESE SAME SIMILAR SITES.

[Unknown]: THE SENATOR FROM HANOVER. I WOULD ANSWER THE GENTLEMAN THAT I DO NOT BELIEVE THE LANGUAGE IN THE BILL PROHIBITS THAT, BUT IT DOESN'T REQUIRE OR ALLOW LOCALITIES TO BLOCK THIS TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE UNLESS THEY CO-LOCATE DEVICES. THE SENATOR PROSECUTE PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY. MR. PRESIDENT SPEAKING AGAINST THE MESH GLIEWR THE SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR. I APPRECIATE THE GENTLEMAN FROM HANOVER'S EFFORTS. AS I INDICATED, I WAS EXCITED ABOUT SEEING A BILL ON 5 G ANDMENT EFFORTS. AND THE EFFORTS. AS I WAS EXCITED AND STARTED TO READ THE BILL, MY EXCITEMENT QUICKLY WANED, FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. ONE WHICH BEING THAT THIS TAKES AWAY LOCALITIES FROM DECISIONS ON ACTUAL LEASES OF ESSENTIALLY PROPERTY RIGHTS AS A PUBLIC PAYING ENTITY AS OUR TAXPAYERS AND LOCAL GOVERNORS HAD PAID TO BUILD OUT THIS INFROM -- INFRASTRUCTURE AND THOSE WHO HAD V-D.O.T. RIGHT-OF-WAYS. IT DOES, IN FACT, AS CURRENTLY WRITTEN PROHIBIT THE REQUEST OF COLOCATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN WE'RE BUILDING OUT THESE NETWORKS. THESE ARE IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIPS WE'RE BUILDING WHEN WE DO THESE NETWORKS. THIS SHOULD BE A PART OF THIS. IT'S CURRENTLY NOT. WE ARE PROVIDING A HUGE GIVEAWAY CURRENTLY IN THIS CURRENT CONSTRUCT. POINT 2 ON THIS, IT ALSO REQUIRES ACCESS TO PUBLIC PARKS THAT ARE NOT IN THE RIGHT RIGHT-OF-WAY. SO NOW WEE EXPANDED FROM RIGHT-OF-WAYS TO OTHER PLACES. NO. 3, IT ESSENTIALLY PROVIDES NO FRAMEWORK OF FRANCHISE. WE HAVE FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WHICH HAVE AGREEMENTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR UTILITY PROVIDERS. I'LL BRING UP SEVERAL IMPORTANT FACETS. IN EDUCATION AND HEALTH, WE STRUGGLE WITH THE FACT OF HOW WE INCREASE DATA ACCESS TO LOWER INCOME KIDS. WE'RE NOW REQUIRING OUR SCHOOL AND CLASSROOMS TO BE ONLINE. WE'RE REQUIRING ADDITIONAL EDUCATION TO BE DONE THERE, YET WE HAVE NOT SOLVED HOW WE GET ACCESS, YET THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS BILL THAT ADDRESSES ONE OF OUR LONGEST STRUGGLING PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES AS WE INCREASE ACCESS. YET THIS DOES NOTHING TO THAT EFFECT. THE THIRD POINT, THE FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT WOULD COST THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG $100,000,
ANTIQUE FIREARMS AND BLACK POWDER IN A QUANTITY NOT TO EXCEED FIVE POUNDS. IF IT IS INTENDED SOLELY FOR THE USE OF SPORTING RECREATIONAL OR CULTURAL PURPOSES. THE SUBSTITUTE THAT THE WE JUST ADOPTED LIMITS THE ANTIQUE FIREARMS THAT MAY BE POSSESSED, TRANSPORTED OR CARRIED BY NONVIOLENT FELONS TO MUZZLE LOADING FIREARMS. I MOVE WE PASS THE BILL.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THE GENTLEMAN FROM FAIRFAX, MR. SIMON.

Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church): WILL THE GENTLEMAN FROM PRINCE WILLIAM RESUME THE FLOOR TORE PURPOSES OF THE QUESTION?

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): SPEAKER: WILL THE GENTLEMAN ?

Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church): I YIELD.

[Unknown]: WHAT IS THE BIG PROBLEM WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE HERE? ARE THERE LOTS OF FELONS THAT ARE MISSING OUT ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO CARRY ANTIQUE FIREARMS? I'D SAY TO THE GENTLEMAN HE WAS IN COMMITTEE WHEN I WAS AND HE HEARD THE PATRON RESPOND TO THAT VERY QUESTION, WHICH HE SAID THAT HE HAD CONSTITUENTS IN HIS DISTRICT THAT WERE AFFECTED BY THIS. THERE'S FEDERAL PERMISSION I WENT HERE. AND HE'S SIMPLY TRYING TO BRING THAT TO VIRGINIA. I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE QUESTION YOU ASKED IN COMMITTEE. SPEAKING TO THE BILL, MR. SPEAKER?

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THE GENTLEMAN HAS THE FLOOR.

[Unknown]: MR. SPEAKER, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, I WAS IN THE COMMITTEE, AND I DO WANT TO ENLIGHTEN EVERYBODY AS TO WHAT THE ANSWER WAS. THE ANSWER WAS, THERE WERE SOME FOLKS OUT THERE, AND THE BIGGER PART OF THE ANSWER THAT I REMEMBER AND THE PART OF THE DISCUSSION I REMEMBER CLEARLY WAS, WE THE FOLKS TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING RECREATIONAL AND BE FULL PARTICIPANTS IN THE COMMUNITY, YET THAT THEY WEREN'T OUT HUNTING DURING BLACK POWDER SEASON, THEY'D BE DOING PROBABLY COOKING METH. APPARENTLY THOSE WERE THE ONLY TWO OPTIONS THAT YOU HAD, EITHER COOKING METH OR HUNTING DURING BLACK POWDER SEASON. I WOULD SUGGEST TO THE BODY THAT, GIVING NONVIOLENT FELONS