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2022 SESSION
SB 716 Broadband affordability plan; Department of Housing and Community Development to develop, report.
Introduced by: J. Chapman Petersen | 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 HB 1265.
FULL TEXT
- 01/21/22 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 22104552D pdf | impact statement
- 02/14/22 Senate: Floor substitute printed 22106594D-S1 (Petersen) pdf | impact statement
- 03/04/22 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB716ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0519) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- House amendments engrossed
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments not adopted
HISTORY
- 01/21/22 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 22104552D
- 01/21/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/09/22 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/22 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/10/22 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/22 Senate: Floor substitute printed 22106594D-S1 (Petersen)
- 02/14/22 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/14/22 Senate: Read second time
- 02/14/22 Senate: Committee amendments rejected
- 02/14/22 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/14/22 Senate: Substitute by Senator Petersen agreed to 22106594D-S1
- 02/14/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB716S1
- 02/14/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/22 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/22 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/22 House: Read first time
- 02/21/22 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/22/22 House: Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (19-Y 3-N)
- 02/24/22 House: Read second time
- 02/25/22 House: Read third time
- 02/25/22 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/25/22 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/25/22 House: Passed House with amendment (81-Y 18-N)
- 02/25/22 House: VOTE: Passage (81-Y 18-N)
- 03/01/22 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (33-Y 7-N)
- 03/04/22 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/04/22 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB716ER)
- 03/04/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/04/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/11/22 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- 03/11/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/11/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 519 (effective 7/1/22)
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0519)