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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 digital affordability, 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 General Assembly by December 1, 2022. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | SB 716 | Virginia SB 716 (2022) |
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Virginia SB 716 (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 digital affordability, 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 General Assembly by December 1, 2022.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0519 (committee substitute) — source
- Presented and ordered printed 22104552D (committee substitute) — source
- SB716ER (committee substitute) — source
- SB716S1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (33-Y 7-N) — 33–7 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (19-Y 3-N) — 19–3 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (81-Y 18-N) — 81–17 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- J. Chapman Petersen — primary (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-21 Presented and ordered printed 22104552D
introduction - 2022-01-21 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2022-02-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB716)
- 2022-02-09 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-09 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2022-02-10 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-14 Floor substitute printed 22106594D-S1 (Petersen)
- 2022-02-14 Passed by temporarily
- 2022-02-14 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-14 Committee amendments rejected
- 2022-02-14 Reading of substitute waived
- 2022-02-14 Substitute by Senator Petersen agreed to 22106594D-S1
- 2022-02-14 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB716S1
- 2022-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-14 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-02-21 Placed on Calendar
- 2022-02-21 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-21 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2022-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB716S1)
- 2022-02-22 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-22 Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (19-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-23 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-24 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-25 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-02-25 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2022-02-25 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2022-02-25 Passed House with amendment (81-Y 18-N)
passage - 2022-02-25 VOTE: Passage (81-Y 18-N)
- 2022-03-01 House amendment agreed to by Senate (33-Y 7-N)
- 2022-03-04 Enrolled
- 2022-03-04 Signed by President
- 2022-03-04 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB716ER)
- 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 519 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c0cee947-0e98-4dfc-b044-7e9f7687ec7e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).