Commercial mobile radio or cellular telephone service providers; Lifeline service.
Summary
Commercial mobile radio and cellular telephoneservice providers; Lifeline service. Grants authority to theState Corporation Commission to designate any commercial mobile radioor cellular telephone service provider as an eligible telecommunicationscarrier for purposes of providing Lifeline service, in addition toany such provider designated under federal law, without requiringsuch provider to obtain a certificate otherwise required by the Commissionprior to furnishing exchange telephone service in the Commonwealth.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 7, 2022
Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 2, 2022 · House of Delegates Jan 28, 2022
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Mar 2, 2022
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 436 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 2, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Feb 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2022
Committee
Assigned C&L sub: Energy
upper
Jan 31, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 28, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 7, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
lower
Jan 7, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102128D
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Terry Kilgore
RRepublican
Co
Dan Helmer
DDemocratic
Co
Kaye Kory
DDemocratic
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