republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-713.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 HB 800.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 713	Virginia SB 713 (2024)	bill		enacted	David W. Marsden	6	45	9	2024-01-19	2024-04-17	openstates	ocd-bill/09fb3aed-0562-442e-9418-193417e36cfb	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB713	a3f9125e3807631e5a968facaf9cdd6d4725b5e722fd2101d6e18980aa007108	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 713 (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 HB 800.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0799 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107037D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 24107470D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Presented and ordered printed 24105000D (committee substitute) — source
5. SB713ER (committee substitute) — source
6. SB713ER2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Labor and Commerce (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
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• BLOCK VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David W. Marsden — primary (person)
• Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
• Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
• Todd E. Pillion — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 24105000D introduction
• 2024-01-19 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-05 Impact statement from SCC (SB713)
• 2024-02-05 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-05 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-05 Committee substitute printed 24107037D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-05 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Impact statement from SCC (SB713S1)
• 2024-02-12 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute printed 24107470D-S2 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-13 Committee substitute rejected24107037D-S1
• 2024-02-13 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-13 Committee substitute agreed to 24107470D-S2 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB713S2 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-13 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-16 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-16 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-16 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Impact statement from SCC (SB713S2)
• 2024-02-20 Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-22 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-23 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-23 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-28 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB713ER) passage
• 2024-02-28 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-02 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Governor's recommendation received by Senate executive-veto-line-item
• 2024-04-17 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 BLOCK VOTE: (97-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled bill text (SB713ER2) enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Enacted, Chapter 799 (effective 7/1/24) became-law
• 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0799)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/09fb3aed-0562-442e-9418-193417e36cfb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).