---
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 HB 1019."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 444"
citation: "Virginia SB 444 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer B. Boysko"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6792f745-6709-4a23-b593-2a652aeee574"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB444"
source_hash: "6756bc13b88a130cb82ad58a90778200ae3992742396a7c564bd5f47fa186214"
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 444 (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 HB 1019.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0067** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0067)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102663D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB444)
3. **SB444ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB444ER)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)
- Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
- L. Louise Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mamie E. Locke — cosponsor (person)
- R. Creigh Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102663D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB444)
- **2022-01-19** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-25** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-01** Enrolled
- **2022-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (SB444ER)
- **2022-03-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-02** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-01** Approved by Governor-Chapter 67 (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/6792f745-6709-4a23-b593-2a652aeee574`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).