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type: "Bill"
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title: "Broadband capacity; expands existing pilot program, municipal broadband authorities."
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description: "Electric utilities; broadband capacity pilotprogram. Expands an existing pilot program under which DominionEnergy and Appalachian Power are authorized to provide or make availablebroadband capacity to Internet service providers in areas of theCommonwealth that are unserved by broadband to include municipalInternet service providers. The current program is restricted tonongovernmental Internet service providers."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 1923"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1923 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hala S. Ayala"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2021-01-10"
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last_action: "2021-03-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf3fd332-6655-4de0-97f5-56311b2de3db"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1923"
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source_hash: "b6d3b0e6a91075618820ed9f4eb6acdb7ad1c6f7ef3963cca82efdea5c4d8bd4"
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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 1923 (2021) — Broadband capacity; expands existing pilot program, municipal broadband authorities.
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Electric utilities; broadband capacity pilotprogram. Expands an existing pilot program under which DominionEnergy and Appalachian Power are authorized to provide or make availablebroadband capacity to Internet service providers in areas of theCommonwealth that are unserved by broadband to include municipalInternet service providers. The current program is restricted tonongovernmental Internet service providers.
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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. **CHAP0356** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0356)
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2. **HB1923ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1923ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101272D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1923)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 1-N) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (11-Y 0-N) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hala S. Ayala — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
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- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — 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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- **2021-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101272D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-10** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-14** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-15** Impact statement from SCC (HB1923)
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- **2021-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (11-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-19** Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-21** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-22** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-01-22** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2021-01-25** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-15** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-18** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2021-02-18** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2021-02-18** Passed by temporarily
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- **2021-02-18** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-22** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-22** Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 1-N)
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- **2021-02-22** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 1-N)
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- **2021-02-25** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-25** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-26** Impact statement from SCC (HB1923ER)
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- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
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- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 356 (effective 7/1/21) `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/bf3fd332-6655-4de0-97f5-56311b2de3db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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