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| Bill | Nonpublic service companies, certain; conveyance of right-of-way usage. | Conveyance of right-of-way usage to certain nonpublic service companies. Allows a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization to obtain a land use permit from the Department of Transportation to use rights-of-way to operate a wholesale open-access fiber network. This bill is identical to SB 792. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 1271 | Virginia HB 1271 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 1271 (2020) — Nonpublic service companies, certain; conveyance of right-of-way usage.
Conveyance of right-of-way usage to certain nonpublic service companies. Allows a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization to obtain a land use permit from the Department of Transportation to use rights-of-way to operate a wholesale open-access fiber network. This bill is identical to SB 792.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1026) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1271ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB1271) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N 2-A) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Referred from General Laws — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)
- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103185D
introduction - 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2020-01-16 Referred from General Laws
- 2020-01-16 Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
referral-committee - 2020-01-16 Assigned CT & I sub: Communications
referral-committee - 2020-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB1271)
- 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-03 Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (20-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-05 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-06 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2020-02-19 Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-19 Rereferred to Judiciary
referral-committee - 2020-02-24 Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N 2-A)
committee-passage - 2020-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-26 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-26 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
passage - 2020-03-03 Enrolled
- 2020-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB1271ER)
- 2020-03-03 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-04 Signed by President
- 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1026 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a813819c-fc98-4228-9a50-27f6b8dbfac3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).