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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Wireless Service Authority Act; appointments to board."
description: "Virginia Wireless Service Authority Act; appointments to board. Provides that a board established under the Virginia Wireless Service Authority Act may contain either five or seven members, rather than five members as required under current law. This bill is identical to SB 953."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1376"
citation: "Virginia HB 1376 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry L. Austin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70ad1d4c-daa4-470b-bd3f-459384d6c183"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1376"
source_hash: "91e37f441c4e75b5e70f7614ddf007743365a41b74e56e51592ebd9a65922217"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 1376 (2020) — Virginia Wireless Service Authority Act; appointments to board.
Virginia Wireless Service Authority Act; appointments to board. Provides that a board established under the Virginia Wireless Service Authority Act may contain either five or seven members, rather than five members as required under current law. This bill is identical to SB 953.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0266)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0266)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1376ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1376ER)
3. **Impact statement from DHCD (HB1376)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1376)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **100** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Terry L. Austin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104652D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Assigned CT & I sub: Communications `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (HB1376)
- **2020-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-27** Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-31** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-25** Enrolled
- **2020-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-26** Signed by President
- **2020-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2020
- **2020-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
- **2020-03-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 266 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70ad1d4c-daa4-470b-bd3f-459384d6c183`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).