Incentives for telecommunications companies; provision of wireless broadband services.
Summary
Incentives for telecommunications companies;provision of wireless broadband services. Directs the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission to award at least $50 million peryear in grants to cover expenditures for the purchase and installationof wireless and broadband equipment to rural service areas in theCommonwealth. The bill defines "rural service areas" as any localitywith a mean broadband download speed of less than 10 megabits persecond, and a mean broadband upload speed of less than one megabitper second.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Last action Dec 4, 2020
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
1
Committee
4
Feb 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments
upper
Jan 20, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 20, 2020
Committee
Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101837D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JE
John Edwards
DDemocratic
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