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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
SB 1334 Broadband capacity; expands existing pilot program, municipal broadband authorities.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Electric utilities; broadband capacity pilot program. Expands an existing pilot program under which Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power are authorized to provide or make available broadband capacity to Internet service providers in areas of the Commonwealth that are unserved by broadband to include municipal Internet service providers. The current program is restricted to nongovernmental Internet service providers. This bill is identical to HB 1923.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101476D pdf | impact statement
- 02/19/21 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1334ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/25/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0357) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/12/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101476D
- 01/12/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/25/21 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 1-N)
- 01/27/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/21 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/29/21 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 1-N)
- 02/02/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/02/21 House: Read first time
- 02/02/21 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/08/21 House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote
- 02/11/21 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/21 House: Read second time
- 02/16/21 House: Read third time
- 02/16/21 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/21 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/21 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/19/21 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1334ER)
- 02/22/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/22/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/24/21 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
- 02/24/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/25/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 357 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/25/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0357)