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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Wireless communications infrastructure; procedure for approved by localities."
+description: "Provides a uniform procedure for the way in which small cell facilities on existing structures are approved by localities and approved and installed in public rights-of-way. The measure includes provisions that establish requirements applicable to the location of micro-wireless facilities. The measure also addresses restrictions by localities and the Department of Transportation regarding the use of public rights-of-way or easements and specifies when a permittee may be required to relocate wireless support structures."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 1282"
+citation: "Virginia SB 1282 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Public Service Companies"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ryan T. McDougle"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 12
+first_action: "2017-01-10"
+last_action: "2017-04-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd338d3b-5e20-454b-be1a-07fad62926e3"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1282"
+source_hash: "4cdc30c2bdf612d2eb8c264010f9248bc0511559794dcfda24ed6e49385043f0"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 1282 (2017) — Wireless communications infrastructure; procedure for approved by localities.
+
+Provides a uniform procedure for the way in which small cell facilities on existing structures are approved by localities and approved and installed in public rights-of-way. The measure includes provisions that establish requirements applicable to the location of micro-wireless facilities. The measure also addresses restrictions by localities and the Department of Transportation regarding the use of public rights-of-way or easements and specifies when a permittee may be required to relocate wireless support structures.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0835)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0835)
+2. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105221D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1282H1)
+3. **House: Floor substitute printed 17105460D-H2 (Kilgore)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1282H2)
+4. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1282ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1282ER)
+5. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104435D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1282S1)
+6. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103885D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1282)
+7. **Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1282ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1282ER2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **21–18** (pass) · legislature
+- House concurred in Governor's recommendation to Amendments # 1-7 — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed Senate — **21–17** (pass) · legislature
+- House substitute agreed to by Senate — **32–4** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendations #'s 1-7 — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendations #'s 1-7 — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Governor's recommendations #'s 1-7 agreed to — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed House with substitute — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ryan T. McDougle — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103885D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-02** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2017-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 17104435D-S1
+- **2017-02-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1282S1
+- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-14** Floor substitute printed 17105460D-H2 (Kilgore)
+- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-14** Committee substitute rejected 17105221D-H1
+- **2017-02-14** Substitute by Delegate Kilgore agreed to 17105460D-H2
+- **2017-02-14** Engrossed by House - floor substitute SB1282H2
+- **2017-02-14** Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2017-02-15** Title replaced 17105460D-H2
+- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by Senate
+- **2017-04-05** Recommendation #8 passed by for the day
+- **2017-04-05** House concurred in Governor's recommendation to Amendments # 1-7 (98-Y 0-N)
+- **2017-04-05** Governor's recommendation adopted in-part
+- **2017-04-05** Reenrolled
+- **2017-04-05** Reenrolled bill text (SB1282ER2)
+- **2017-04-05** Signed by President as reenrolled
+- **2017-04-05** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
+- **2017-04-05** Communicated to Governor
+- **2017-04-05** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 5, 2017
+- **2017-04-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 835 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd338d3b-5e20-454b-be1a-07fad62926e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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