Virginia House Bill 1265 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Passed on April 11 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0518)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Department of Housing and Community Development; broadband affordability plan. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a plan, to be known as the Commonwealth Digital Affordability and Cost Effectiveness Plan, to access federal funding under the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The bill requires that the Plan include (i) an overview of options for affordable broadband connectivity in the Commonwealth; (ii) recommendations on how best to leverage federal grants addressing broadband affordability; (iii) best practices for establishing a broadband affordability program, taking into account existing federal funds and programs; and (iv) recommendations for public outreach, with consideration of the report submitted by the Department of Social Services as required in Item 359 L of Chapter 552 of the Acts of Assembly of 2021, Special Session I. The bill requires the Department to report the Plan to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2022.

Broadband affordability plan; Department of Housing and Community Development to develop, report.

Sen. Suhas Subramanyam [D]

Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]

Del. Dan Helmer [D]

Del. Sam Rasoul [D]

2022-03-02 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 10-N) (Y: 89 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-14 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (87-Y 13-N) (Y: 87 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-08 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0518)
2022-04-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 518 (effective 7/1/22)
2022-03-22		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
2022-03-22	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
2022-03-08	Senate	Signed by President
2022-03-08	House	Signed by Speaker
2022-03-07	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1265ER)
2022-03-07	House	Enrolled
2022-03-02	House	VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 10-N)
2022-03-02	House	Senate amendments agreed to by House (89-Y 10-N)
2022-02-28	Senate	Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
2022-02-28	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2022-02-28	Senate	Committee amendments agreed to
2022-02-28	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2022-02-28	Senate	Read third time
2022-02-25	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2022-02-23	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
2022-02-16	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2022-02-16	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2022-02-14	House	VOTE: Passage (87-Y 13-N)
2022-02-14	House	Read third time and passed House (87-Y 13-N)
2022-02-11	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1265H1
2022-02-11	House	Committee substitute agreed to 22106314D-H1
2022-02-11	House	Read second time
2022-02-10	House	Read first time
2022-02-08	House	Committee substitute printed 22106314D-H1
2022-02-08	House	Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
2022-01-20	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2022-01-20	House	Presented and ordered printed 22104558D

SB716 (Same As) 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0519)
SB716 (Same As) 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0519)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1265
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1265+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1265H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1265ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0518+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22106314D.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+amd+HB1265AS
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+amd+HB1265ASE
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB1265F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB1265FH1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB1265FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H11V0073+HB1265
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+HV0778+HB1265
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S12V0119+HB1265
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0598HB1265+HB1265
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0608HB1265+HB1265
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+HV1398+HB1265