---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telecommunications companies; conveyance of easement and appurtenances."
description: "Department of General Services; conveyance of easement and appurtenances thereto to telecommunications companies. Adds telecommunications companies to the list of entities to which a state department, agency, or institution may grant an easement. This bill is identical to SB 444."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1019"
citation: "Virginia HB 1019 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emily M. Brewer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5cdd337-40cc-443c-a4be-9c63452cb53f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1019"
source_hash: "6bb47c0189a5d5d40af5f718799168986e832688365e0266bfbfad104c25cde7"
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 HB 1019 (2022) — Telecommunications companies; conveyance of easement and appurtenances.

Department of General Services; conveyance of easement and appurtenances thereto to telecommunications companies. Adds telecommunications companies to the list of entities to which a state department, agency, or institution may grant an easement. This bill is identical to SB 444.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0068** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0068)
2. **HB1019ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1019ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102657D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1019)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emily M. Brewer — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102657D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1019)
- **2022-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- **2022-02-03** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-08** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-09** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Enrolled
- **2022-02-23** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-02-23** Signed by President
- **2022-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB1019ER)
- **2022-03-09** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
- **2022-03-09** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-01** Approved by Governor-Chapter 68 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5cdd337-40cc-443c-a4be-9c63452cb53f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).