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| Bill | Broadband affordability plan; Department of Housing and Community Development to develop, report. | Department of Housing and Community Development;broadband affordability plan. Directs the Department of Housingand Community Development to develop the Commonwealth Digital Affordabilityand Cost-Effectiveness to address broadband affordability and equity.The bill requires that the Plan include (i) an overview of wherein the Commonwealth broadband and other digital connectivity is unaffordable;(ii) recommendations on how best to leverage federal grants addressingbroadband affordability to best execute the Plan; (iii) best practicesfor establishing a grant program or its equivalent to address digitalaffordability, taking into account existing federal funds and programs;(iv) a strategy to expand the affordability of broadband by retrofittingall affordable housing projects with broadband installations andother necessary infrastructure improvements; and (v) recommendations, including recommendations for a public outreach plan, on how to takeadvantage of the $14 billion Affordability Connectivity Program ofthe federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to support a permanent$30-a-month broadband subsidy for low-income households, NationalTelecommunications and Information Administration programs, and theU.S. Department of Agriculture Reconnect program. The bill requiresthe Department to report the Plan to the Governor and the GeneralAssembly by December 1, 2022. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | HB 1265 | Virginia HB 1265 (2022) |
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Virginia HB 1265 (2022) — Broadband affordability plan; Department of Housing and Community Development to develop, report.
Department of Housing and Community Development;broadband affordability plan. Directs the Department of Housingand Community Development to develop the Commonwealth Digital Affordabilityand Cost-Effectiveness to address broadband affordability and equity.The bill requires that the Plan include (i) an overview of wherein the Commonwealth broadband and other digital connectivity is unaffordable;(ii) recommendations on how best to leverage federal grants addressingbroadband affordability to best execute the Plan; (iii) best practicesfor establishing a grant program or its equivalent to address digitalaffordability, taking into account existing federal funds and programs;(iv) a strategy to expand the affordability of broadband by retrofittingall affordable housing projects with broadband installations andother necessary infrastructure improvements; and (v) recommendations, including recommendations for a public outreach plan, on how to takeadvantage of the $14 billion Affordability Connectivity Program ofthe federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to support a permanent$30-a-month broadband subsidy for low-income households, NationalTelecommunications and Information Administration programs, and theU.S. Department of Agriculture Reconnect program. The bill requiresthe Department to report the Plan to the Governor and the GeneralAssembly by December 1, 2022.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0518 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22106314D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1265ER (committee substitute) — source
- Presented and ordered printed 22104558D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Passage (87-Y 13-N) — 86–13 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 10-N) — 89–9 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Suhas Subramanyam — primary (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 22104558D
introduction - 2022-01-20 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2022-02-08 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-08 Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-08 Committee substitute printed 22106314D-H1
substitution - 2022-02-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB1265)
- 2022-02-10 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-11 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-11 Committee substitute agreed to 22106314D-H1
- 2022-02-11 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1265H1
- 2022-02-14 Read third time and passed House (87-Y 13-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-14 VOTE: Passage (87-Y 13-N)
- 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2022-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB1265H1)
- 2022-02-23 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-23 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-28 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-02-28 Reading of amendments waived
- 2022-02-28 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2022-02-28 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2022-02-28 Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-03-02 Senate amendments agreed to by House (89-Y 10-N)
- 2022-03-02 VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 10-N)
- 2022-03-07 Enrolled
- 2022-03-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB1265ER)
- 2022-03-08 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-03-08 Signed by President
- 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 518 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8ed72e4e-cf08-4de5-b22e-8007fd167842. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).