HB 1271 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Nonpublic service companies, certain; conveyance of right-of-way usage.

Summary

Conveyance of right-of-way usage to certain nonpublic service companies. Allows a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization to obtain a land use permit from the Department of Transportation to use rights-of-way to operate a wholesale open-access fiber network. This bill is identical to SB 792.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2020

Committee Review

Feb 2020

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2020

Senate Passage

Feb 2020

Signed into Law

Apr 2020

Introduced Jan 8, 2020 Signed Apr 10, 2020

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 10, 2020

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 1026 (effective 7/1/20)

executive

Feb 26, 2020

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A)

upper

Feb 24, 2020

Upper · Passed

Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N 2-A)

upper

Feb 19, 2020

Committee

Rereferred to Judiciary

upper

Feb 19, 2020

Committee

Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 10, 2020

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

upper

Feb 7, 2020

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 3, 2020

Lower · Passed

Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (20-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 27, 2020

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 16, 2020

Committee

Assigned CT & I sub: Communications

lower

Jan 16, 2020

Committee

Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation

lower

Jan 16, 2020

Committee

Referred from General Laws

lower

Jan 8, 2020

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws

lower

Jan 8, 2020

Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103185D

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor