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2022 SESSION
HB 1265 Broadband affordability plan; Department of Housing and Community Development to develop, report.
Introduced by: Suhas Subramanyam | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Department of Housing and Community Development; broadband affordability plan. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a plan, to be known as the Commonwealth Digital Affordability and Cost Effectiveness Plan, to access federal funding under the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The bill requires that the Plan include (i) an overview of options for affordable broadband connectivity in the Commonwealth; (ii) recommendations on how best to leverage federal grants addressing broadband affordability; (iii) best practices for establishing a broadband affordability program, taking into account existing federal funds and programs; and (iv) recommendations for public outreach, with consideration of the report submitted by the Department of Social Services as required in Item 359 L of Chapter 552 of the Acts of Assembly of 2021, Special Session I. The bill requires the Department to report the Plan to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2022. This bill is identical to SB 716.
FULL TEXT
- 01/20/22 House: Presented and ordered printed 22104558D pdf | impact statement
- 02/08/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22106314D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1265ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0518) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
HISTORY
- 01/20/22 House: Presented and ordered printed 22104558D
- 01/20/22 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/08/22 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
- 02/08/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22106314D-H1
- 02/10/22 House: Read first time
- 02/11/22 House: Read second time
- 02/11/22 House: Committee substitute agreed to 22106314D-H1
- 02/11/22 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1265H1
- 02/14/22 House: Read third time and passed House (87-Y 13-N)
- 02/14/22 House: VOTE: Passage (87-Y 13-N)
- 02/16/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/16/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/23/22 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/22 Senate: Read third time
- 02/28/22 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/28/22 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/28/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/28/22 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/22 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (89-Y 10-N)
- 03/02/22 House: VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 10-N)
- 03/07/22 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1265ER)
- 03/08/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/22/22 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 03/22/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/11/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 518 (effective 7/1/22)
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0518)