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Bill	Wireless communications infrastructure; procedure for approved by localities.	Provides a uniform procedure for the way in which small cell facilities on existing structures are approved by localities and approved and installed in public rights-of-way. The measure includes provisions that establish requirements applicable to the location of micro-wireless facilities. The measure also addresses restrictions by localities and the Department of Transportation regarding the use of public rights-of-way or easements and specifies when a permittee may be required to relocate wireless support structures.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1282	Virginia SB 1282 (2017)	bill	Counties Cities and Towns Public Service Companies	enacted	Ryan T. McDougle	7	33	12	2017-01-10	2017-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/bd338d3b-5e20-454b-be1a-07fad62926e3	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1282	4cdc30c2bdf612d2eb8c264010f9248bc0511559794dcfda24ed6e49385043f0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1282 (2017) — Wireless communications infrastructure; procedure for approved by localities.

Provides a uniform procedure for the way in which small cell facilities on existing structures are approved by localities and approved and installed in public rights-of-way. The measure includes provisions that establish requirements applicable to the location of micro-wireless facilities. The measure also addresses restrictions by localities and the Department of Transportation regarding the use of public rights-of-way or easements and specifies when a permittee may be required to relocate wireless support structures.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0835) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 17105221D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Floor substitute printed 17105460D-H2 (Kilgore) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1282ER) (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104435D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103885D (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1282ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 21–18 (pass) · legislature
• House concurred in Governor's recommendation to Amendments # 1-7 — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 21–17 (pass) · legislature
• House substitute agreed to by Senate — 32–4 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendations #'s 1-7 — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendations #'s 1-7 — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 12–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Governor's recommendations #'s 1-7 agreed to — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with substitute — 97–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Ryan T. McDougle — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103885D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2017-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-02 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 17104435D-S1
• 2017-02-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1282S1
• 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-14 Floor substitute printed 17105460D-H2 (Kilgore)
• 2017-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-14 Committee substitute rejected 17105221D-H1
• 2017-02-14 Substitute by Delegate Kilgore agreed to 17105460D-H2
• 2017-02-14 Engrossed by House - floor substitute SB1282H2
• 2017-02-14 Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-15 Title replaced 17105460D-H2
• 2017-02-20 Enrolled
• 2017-02-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-21 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-27 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
• 2017-04-05 Recommendation #8 passed by for the day
• 2017-04-05 House concurred in Governor's recommendation to Amendments # 1-7 (98-Y 0-N)
• 2017-04-05 Governor's recommendation adopted in-part
• 2017-04-05 Reenrolled
• 2017-04-05 Reenrolled bill text (SB1282ER2)
• 2017-04-05 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2017-04-05 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2017-04-05 Communicated to Governor
• 2017-04-05 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 5, 2017
• 2017-04-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 835 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd338d3b-5e20-454b-be1a-07fad62926e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).