Broadband capacity; expands existing pilot program, municipal broadband authorities.
Summary
Electric utilities; broadband capacity pilotprogram. Expands an existing pilot program under which DominionEnergy and Appalachian Power are authorized to provide or make availablebroadband capacity to Internet service providers in areas of theCommonwealth that are unserved by broadband to include municipalInternet service providers. The current program is restricted tonongovernmental Internet service providers.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 10, 2021
Signed Mar 25, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 17, 2021 · House of Delegates Jan 22, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 17, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
9
Committee
7
Amendments
3
Mar 25, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 356 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 22, 2021
Introduced
Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed by temporarily
upper
Feb 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 18, 2021
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Feb 17, 2021
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Feb 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 25, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 18, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (11-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 14, 2021
Committee
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
lower
Jan 10, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
Jan 10, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101272D
lower
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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