Virginia House Bill 913 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Commerce and Energy
Pending: House Commerce and Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act; duties of operator; liability of excavator. Requires an operator of residential telecommunications or cable television service, after receiving notification of an interruption in service due to the installation of broadband service at a given premises, to restore telecommunications or cable television service, such that a person at the premises can telephone emergency services by dialing 911, within two days of receiving such notification. The bill prohibits an operator from giving false or misleading information to the notification center and requires the State Corporation Commission to investigate certain claims following an informal complaint. The bill requires an operator to indemnify and hold harmless an excavator when the excavator is installing facilities for purposes of broadband service and damages a utility line used for residential telecommunications or cable television and provides that no excavator is liable for any such damage occurring on or after July 1, 2022.

Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act; duties of operator, liability of excavator.

Sen. Emily Brewer [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Commerce and Energy
2022-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2022-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101983D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB913
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB913+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB913F171+PDF