Incentives for telecommunications companies; provision of wireless broadband services. (SB536)
Introduced By
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
Incentives for telecommunications companies; provision of wireless broadband services. Directs the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission to award at least $50 million per year in grants to cover expenditures for the purchase and installation of wireless and broadband equipment to rural service areas in the Commonwealth. The bill defines "rural service areas" as any locality with a mean broadband download speed of less than 10 megabits per second, and a mean broadband upload speed of less than one megabit per second. Read the Bill »
Status
12/04/2020: Failed to Pass in Committee
History
Date | Action |
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01/07/2020 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101837D |
01/07/2020 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
01/20/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (SB536) |
01/20/2020 | Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/20/2020 | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
02/04/2020 | Committee amendments |
02/04/2020 | Continued to 2021 in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
12/04/2020 | Left in Finance and Appropriations |