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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Wireless Services Authority Act; rates and charges."
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description: "Provides that a wireless services authority may fix rates, fees, and charges for services provided, or facilities owned, operated, or maintained by the authority, for which the authority has received loan funding. Currently, an authority may do so only if it has issued revenue bonds. A similar change authorizes rates to be set at levels to provide for payment of loans. The measure also requires each authority to maintain records demonstrating compliance with certain provisions and to make the records available for inspection and copying by the public pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 2108"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2108 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Authorities", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Public Service Companies"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kathy J. Byron"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e205e75-f96c-45fb-bfbf-0aaca5a562c3"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2108"
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source_hash: "f1ba0d28064faa5e6026f6c368e6dfddde928a18363f4f228871175308caedf9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2108 (2017) — Virginia Wireless Services Authority Act; rates and charges.
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Provides that a wireless services authority may fix rates, fees, and charges for services provided, or facilities owned, operated, or maintained by the authority, for which the authority has received loan funding. Currently, an authority may do so only if it has issued revenue bonds. A similar change authorizes rates to be set at levels to provide for payment of loans. The measure also requires each authority to maintain records demonstrating compliance with certain provisions and to make the records available for inspection and copying by the public pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0389)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0389)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2108ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2108ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105141D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2108H2)
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4. **House: Draft Committee substitute printed to LIS only 17104749D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2108H1)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103873D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2108)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House — **72–24** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment — **10–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **79–13** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **11–9** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **35–3** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Kathy J. Byron — primary (person)
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- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103873D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-26** Draft Committee substitute printed to LIS only 17104749D-H1
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- **2017-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 17105141D-H2
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- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2108H2
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- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House (72-Y 24-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-16** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2017-02-16** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-02-16** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2017-02-20** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-20** Senate amendment agreed to by House (79-Y 13-N 1-A)
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- **2017-02-23** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-23** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
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- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 389 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e205e75-f96c-45fb-bfbf-0aaca5a562c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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