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Bill Local service districts; broadband and telecommunications services. Authorizes a local governing body, with respect to a service district, to contract with a nongovernmental broadband service provider who will construct, maintain, and own communications facilities and equipment required to facilitate delivery of last-mile broadband services to unserved areas of the service district, provided that the locality documents that less than 10 percent of residential and commercial units within the project area are capable of receiving broadband service at the time the construction project is approved by the locality. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 2141 Virginia HB 2141 (2019)
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Virginia HB 2141 (2019) — Local service districts; broadband and telecommunications services.

Authorizes a local governing body, with respect to a service district, to contract with a nongovernmental broadband service provider who will construct, maintain, and own communications facilities and equipment required to facilitate delivery of last-mile broadband services to unserved areas of the service district, provided that the locality documents that less than 10 percent of residential and commercial units within the project area are capable of receiving broadband service at the time the construction project is approved by the locality.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0828) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2141ER) (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Committee substitute printed 19105598D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. House: Conference substitute printed 19107566D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
  6. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103237D (committee substitute) — source
  7. House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2141ER2) (committee substitute) — source
  8. Senate amendments engrossed (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 60 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Senate insisted on amendments — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Senate amendments rejected by House — 098 (fail) · lower
  • Motion for — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate with amendments — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Local Government with amendments — 120 (pass) · upper
  • House concurred in Governor's recommendation — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by House — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Senate insisted on amendments — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate — 360 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr. — primary (person)
  • C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
  • Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
  • Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
  • Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103237D introduction
  • 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
  • 2019-01-14 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
  • 2019-01-29 Read first time reading-1
  • 2019-01-30 Read second time reading-2
  • 2019-01-30 Committee substitute agreed to 19105598D-H1
  • 2019-01-30 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2141H1
  • 2019-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2019-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2019-02-01 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
  • 2019-02-15 Read third time reading-3
  • 2019-02-15 Reading of amendments waived
  • 2019-02-15 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2019-02-15 Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 2019-02-19 Placed on Calendar
  • 2019-02-19 Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 98-N)
  • 2019-02-20 Senate requested conference committee
  • 2019-02-21 House acceded to request
  • 2019-02-21 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2019-02-21 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2019-02-21 Amended by conference committee
  • 2019-02-21 Conference substitute printed 19107566D-H2
  • 2019-02-22 Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
  • 2019-03-07 Enrolled
  • 2019-03-07 Signed by Speaker
  • 2019-03-09 Signed by President
  • 2019-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
  • 2019-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
  • 2019-03-18 Governor's recommendation received by House
  • 2019-04-03 Placed on Calendar
  • 2019-04-03 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2019-04-03 Governor's recommendation adopted
  • 2019-04-03 Reenrolled
  • 2019-04-03 Reenrolled bill text (HB2141ER2)
  • 2019-04-03 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
  • 2019-04-03 Signed by President as reenrolled
  • 2019-04-03 Enacted, Chapter 828 (effective 7/1/19) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/635cd8f1-c1f3-4cfe-a3ca-bc4c2fb00bc8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).