republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1413.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Phase I or Phase II electric utilities; provision of broadband capacity."
description: "Provision of broadband capacity by Phase I or Phase II electric utilities. Makes permanent the pilot program under which a Phase I or Phase II electric utility is permitted to petition the State Corporation Commission to provide broadband capacity to unserved areas of the Commonwealth. The bill expands the program to allow for the participation of municipalities and government-owned broadband authorities. The bill provides that investor-owned electric utilities may recover costs of and revenue generated from providing broadband capacity that serves as an electric grid transformation project in areas unserved by broadband, as defined in the bill. The bill also consolidates the State Corporation Commission petition approval process into one hearing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1413"
citation: "Virginia SB 1413 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer B. Boysko"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fba78eae-2e72-487e-954b-d0c2586d47cc"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1413"
source_hash: "bb105115604f18f0fe9552d4f8c8e35e20344470e9cdbed3e6bea92fa1363efc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 1413 (2021) — Phase I or Phase II electric utilities; provision of broadband capacity.

Provision of broadband capacity by Phase I or Phase II electric utilities. Makes permanent the pilot program under which a Phase I or Phase II electric utility is permitted to petition the State Corporation Commission to provide broadband capacity to unserved areas of the Commonwealth. The bill expands the program to allow for the participation of municipalities and government-owned broadband authorities. The bill provides that investor-owned electric utilities may recover costs of and revenue generated from providing broadband capacity that serves as an electric grid transformation project in areas unserved by broadband, as defined in the bill. The bill also consolidates the State Corporation Commission petition approval process into one hearing.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0370** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0370)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103666D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1413S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102940D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1413)
4. **SB1413ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1413ER)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (28-Y 7-N) — **28–7** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N) — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 9-N) — **28–9** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) — **12–3** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N) — **37–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)
- Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102940D `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Impact statement from SCC (SB1413)
- **2021-01-25** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-25** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-25** Committee substitute printed 21103666D-S1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-28** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-01-28** Committee substitute agreed to 21103666D-S1
- **2021-01-28** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1413S1
- **2021-01-29** Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 9-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-29** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (35-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-29** Passed Senate (28-Y 7-N) `passage`
- **2021-01-29** Impact statement from SCC (SB1413S1)
- **2021-02-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce
- **2021-02-11** Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2021-02-16** Amendments by Delegate Ward agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2021-02-16** Passed House with amendments (97-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-16** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N)
- **2021-02-18** House amendments agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N)
- **2021-02-22** Enrolled
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-23** Impact statement from SCC (SB1413ER)
- **2021-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-25** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- **2021-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 370 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fba78eae-2e72-487e-954b-d0c2586d47cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).