republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-445.md

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Bill	High-speed broadband service; expanding to new residential and commercial development.	Broadband service; new residential and commercial development; stakeholder advisory group. Provides that the Department of Housing and Community Development shall convene a stakeholder advisory group for the purpose of evaluating local and state policies, procedures, or ordinances to facilitate the expansion of high-speed broadband service and associated infrastructure in new residential and commercial development. The stakeholder advisory group shall be composed of representatives from the commercial and residential land development and construction industry, local government, high-speed broadband providers, and other stakeholders as determined by the Department and shall report its findings and recommendations to the Broadband Advisory Council no later than September 30, 2022. This bill is identical to SB 446.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 445	Virginia HB 445 (2022)	bill		enacted	Kathleen Murphy	4	30	7	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/866ef37c-2278-404c-b2fd-0e3228a13733	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB445	251b36656b137772268968cc07e3a1cb43222220c09db043ace7586d64a46fe5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 445 (2022) — High-speed broadband service; expanding to new residential and commercial development.

Broadband service; new residential and commercial development; stakeholder advisory group. Provides that the Department of Housing and Community Development shall convene a stakeholder advisory group for the purpose of evaluating local and state policies, procedures, or ordinances to facilitate the expansion of high-speed broadband service and associated infrastructure in new residential and commercial development. The stakeholder advisory group shall be composed of representatives from the commercial and residential land development and construction industry, local government, high-speed broadband providers, and other stakeholders as determined by the Department and shall report its findings and recommendations to the Broadband Advisory Council no later than September 30, 2022. This bill is identical to SB 446.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0592 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22105452D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB445ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103045D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 1-N) — 8–1 (pass) · lower
• Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kathleen Murphy — primary (person)
• Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103045D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2022-01-18 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2022-02-03 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 1-N)
• 2022-02-04 Committee substitute printed 22105452D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-04 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB445H1)
• 2022-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 22105452D-H1
• 2022-02-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB445H1
• 2022-02-10 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-10 VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-11 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2022-02-21 Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 2022-02-21 Rereferred to Local Government referral-committee
• 2022-02-28 Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-02 Passed by temporarily
• 2022-03-02 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-02 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-07 Enrolled
• 2022-03-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB445ER)
• 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 592 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/866ef37c-2278-404c-b2fd-0e3228a13733. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).