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type: "Bill"
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title: "Electric utilities; broadband capacity."
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description: "Electric utilities; broadband capacity. Authorizes an electric utility to lease to any third party that is a wholesaler and that is not a government-owned broadband authority, for the purposes of providing broadband connectivity. The leases may extend in length beyond the end of the pilot program under which the utility provides broadband capacity to nongovernmental Internet service providers in areas of the Commonwealth unserved by broadband."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 1280"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1280 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Israel D. O'Quinn"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-08"
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last_action: "2020-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f66a5c23-e7e9-41cf-8ad5-e8f1c1e5aecc"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1280"
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source_hash: "807d19ca678d28bf289a2c383a17ba2844417626adf0ac36bcebd6d8ff1110af"
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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 1280 (2020) — Electric utilities; broadband capacity.
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Electric utilities; broadband capacity. Authorizes an electric utility to lease to any third party that is a wholesaler and that is not a government-owned broadband authority, for the purposes of providing broadband connectivity. The leases may extend in length beyond the end of the pilot program under which the utility provides broadband capacity to nongovernmental Internet service providers in areas of the Commonwealth unserved by broadband.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0752)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0752)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1280ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1280ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1280H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1280H1)
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4. **Impact statement from SCC (HB1280)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1280)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Israel D. O'Quinn — primary (person)
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- A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — cosponsor (person)
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- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102480D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-17** Impact statement from SCC (HB1280)
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- **2020-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-28** Committee substitute printed 20106422D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-28** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 20106422D-H1
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- **2020-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1280H1
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- **2020-02-03** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-03** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-04** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-04** Impact statement from SCC (HB1280H1)
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- **2020-03-02** Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-03-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-12** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-12** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-13** Impact statement from SCC (HB1280ER)
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- **2020-03-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
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- **2020-03-17** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 752 (effective 7/1/20) `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/f66a5c23-e7e9-41cf-8ad5-e8f1c1e5aecc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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