---
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: "HB 1752"
citation: "Virginia HB 1752 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Head"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3819bd44-08bd-404b-922b-d473fb6564bb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1752"
source_hash: "4f4949d349452b8a1186be0188473b783e8819bfab10aef292009d396244f6ad"
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 1752 (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. **CHAP0713** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0713)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105578D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1752H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106693D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1752S1)
4. **HB1752ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1752ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101636D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1752)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Head — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101636D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from SCC (HB1752)
- **2023-01-24** Assigned sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute printed 23105578D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 23105578D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1752H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Impact statement from SCC (HB1752H1)
- **2023-02-13** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute printed 23106693D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute agreed to 23106693D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1752S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-20** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106693D-S1 (99-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from SCC (HB1752S1)
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1752ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from SCC (HB1752ER)
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 713 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0713)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3819bd44-08bd-404b-922b-d473fb6564bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).