Electric utilities; expands existing broadband capacity pilot program. (HB1923)
Introduced By
Del. Hala Ayala (D-Woodbridge) with support from 7 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Buddy Fowler (R-Ashland), Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City), Del. Candi King (D-Woodbridge), Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church), Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria), Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington), Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-McLean)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Electric utilities; broadband capacity pilot program. Expands an existing pilot program under which Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power are authorized to provide or make available broadband capacity to Internet service providers in areas of the Commonwealth that are unserved by broadband to include municipal Internet service providers. The current program is restricted to nongovernmental Internet service providers. This bill is identical to SB 1334. Read the Bill »
Status
03/25/2021: signed by governor
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/10/2021 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101272D |
| 01/10/2021 | Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce |
| 01/14/2021 | Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 |
| 01/15/2021 | Impact statement from SCC (HB1923) |
| 01/18/2021 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (11-Y 0-N) |
| 01/19/2021 | Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/20/2021 | Read first time |
| 01/21/2021 | Read second time and engrossed |
| 01/22/2021 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
| 01/22/2021 | VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/25/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 01/25/2021 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 02/05/2021 | Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/15/2021 | Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/17/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/18/2021 | Read third time |
| 02/18/2021 | Reading of amendments waived |
| 02/18/2021 | Committee amendments agreed to |
| 02/18/2021 | Passed by temporarily |
| 02/18/2021 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
| 02/18/2021 | Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/22/2021 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/22/2021 | Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 1-N) |
| 02/22/2021 | VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 1-N) |
| 02/25/2021 | Enrolled |
| 02/25/2021 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1923ER) |
| 02/25/2021 | Signed by President |
| 02/26/2021 | Impact statement from SCC (HB1923ER) |
| 02/26/2021 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/01/2021 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021 |
| 03/01/2021 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021 |
| 03/25/2021 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 356 (effective 7/1/21) |
| 03/25/2021 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0356) |