republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-800.md

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Bill	Public service companies; pole attachments to accommodate cable TV systems & telecommunications.	Public service companies; pole attachments;cable television systems and telecommunications service providers. Requires a public utility, as defined in the bill, to establish and adhere to pole attachment practices and procedures that comply with certain requirements, including determining whether an attachment request is complete before reviewing such request on its merits, complying with certain timelines, and providing notice of a rearrangement to affected existing attachers. The bill provides that a public utility shall not apportion to a telecommunications service provider or cable television system the cost of replacing a red-tagged pole, as defined in the bill, provided that such utility may apportion to such provider or system the incremental cost of a taller or stronger pole that is necessitated solely by the new facilities of such provider or system. The bill authorizes the State Corporation Commission to enforce its provisions and requires the Commission to resolve disputes involving pole access within 90 days and concerning certain other matters within 120 days. This bill is identical to SB 713.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 800	Virginia HB 800 (2024)	bill		enacted	Charniele L. Herring	5	40	9	2024-01-09	2024-04-17	openstates	ocd-bill/39d989f5-b092-4f39-9c37-d4ad2b1da891	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB800	d03d0c65fd7b0dacb24469c46f47d6b409619a19eea0773e9f9f4449eac2dd87	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 800 (2024) — Public service companies; pole attachments to accommodate cable TV systems & telecommunications.

Public service companies; pole attachments;cable television systems and telecommunications service providers. Requires a public utility, as defined in the bill, to establish and adhere to pole attachment practices and procedures that comply with certain requirements, including determining whether an attachment request is complete before reviewing such request on its merits, complying with certain timelines, and providing notice of a rearrangement to affected existing attachers. The bill provides that a public utility shall not apportion to a telecommunications service provider or cable television system the cost of replacing a red-tagged pole, as defined in the bill, provided that such utility may apportion to such provider or system the incremental cost of a taller or stronger pole that is necessitated solely by the new facilities of such provider or system. The bill authorizes the State Corporation Commission to enforce its provisions and requires the Commission to resolve disputes involving pole access within 90 days and concerning certain other matters within 120 days. This bill is identical to SB 713.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0822 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107113D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB800ER (committee substitute) — source
4. HB800ER2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105075D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Charniele L. Herring — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Barry D. Knight — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Wiley — cosponsor (person)
• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Scott A. Wyatt — cosponsor (person)
• Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
• Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105075D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2024-02-05 Impact statement from SCC (HB800)
• 2024-02-06 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-08 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-08 Committee substitute printed 24107113D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24107113D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB800H1 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Impact statement from SCC (HB800H1)
• 2024-02-26 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-26 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-29 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-05 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB800ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Governor's recommendation received by House executive-veto-line-item
• 2024-04-17 House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled bill text (HB800ER2) enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Enacted, Chapter 822 (effective 7/1/24) became-law
• 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0822)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/39d989f5-b092-4f39-9c37-d4ad2b1da891. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).