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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public utilities; fiber optic broadband lines crossing railroads."
+description: "Public utilities; fiber optic broadband lines crossing railroads."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 1029"
+citation: "Virginia SB 1029 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Stanley"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2023-01-08"
+last_action: "2023-03-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2e9a277-aece-4fd5-9605-41b936d31095"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1029"
+source_hash: "7f28dae1982fe3a9bfcbe4dd429c6e2ac2aef16a69f551c482b8d06799db2a16"
+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 1029 (2023) — Public utilities; fiber optic broadband lines crossing railroads.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0714** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0714)
+2. **Committee substitute printed 23105215D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1029S1)
+3. **Committee substitute printed 23106817D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1029H1)
+4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101619D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1029)
+5. **SB1029ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1029ER)
+6. **SB1029S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1029S2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (11-Y 1-N 2-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed Senate (32-Y 3-N 3-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Committee substitute reconsidered (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Stanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101619D `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-01-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-23** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-01-23** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (11-Y 1-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-23** Committee substitute printed 23105215D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2023-01-24** Impact statement from SCC (SB1029)
+- **2023-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-26** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2023-01-26** Committee substitute agreed to 23105215D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2023-01-26** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1029S1 `substitution`
+- **2023-01-27** Passed by for the day
+- **2023-01-30** Passed by for the day
+- **2023-01-31** Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute reconsidered (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute rejected 23105215D-S1
+- **2023-01-31** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2023-01-31** Floor substitute printed 23105964D-S2 (Stanley)
+- **2023-01-31** Substitute by Senator Stanley agreed to 23105964D-S2
+- **2023-01-31** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1029S2
+- **2023-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-01-31** Passed Senate (32-Y 3-N 3-A) `passage`
+- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from SCC (SB1029S2)
+- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
+- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-16** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-02-16** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute printed 23106817D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 23106817D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1029H1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-21** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-22** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
+- **2023-02-22** Title replaced 23106817D-H1
+- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from SCC (SB1029H1)
+- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1029ER) `passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-20** Impact statement from SCC (SB1029ER)
+- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 714 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0714)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2e9a277-aece-4fd5-9605-41b936d31095`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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