Virginia Senate Bill 297 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-01-30 - Passed by indefinitely in Finance (14-Y 1-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Incentives for communications companies; provision of wireless broadband services. Directs the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission to award at least $10 million per year in grants to cover a portion of expenditures for the purchase and installation of wireless and broadband equipment to rural areas in the Southwest and Southside regions of the Commonwealth. The bill also establishes a sales tax exemption, which would be phased in over four years, for property sold or leased to a telecommunications company and used directly in the rendition of its public service.

Communications companies; incentives, provision of wireless broadband services.

Sen. John Edwards [D]

2018-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (14-Y 1-N) (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Finance (14-Y 1-N)
2018-01-22	Senate	Rereferred to Finance
2018-01-22	Senate	Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 0-N)
2018-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2018-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101654D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	2	3108.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	609.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB297
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB297+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S02V0016+SB0297
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S05V0062+SB0297