VA SB1317 | 2019 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-01-22 - Passed by indefinitely in Finance (9-Y 7-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-01-22 - Passed by indefinitely in Finance (9-Y 7-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Incentives for telecommunications companies; provision of wireless broadband services. Directs the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission to award at least $10 million per year in grants to cover expenditures for the purchase and installation of wireless and broadband equipment to rural service areas in the Commonwealth. The bill defines "rural service areas" as any locality with a mean broadband download speed of less than 10 megabits per second, and a mean broadband upload speed of less than one megabit per second. 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.
Title
Telecommunications companies; incentives, provision of wireless broadband services.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2019-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (9-Y 7-N) (Y: 9 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-14 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (11-Y 0-N) (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-14 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (11-Y 0-N) (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-01-22 | Senate | Passed by indefinitely in Finance (9-Y 7-N) |
2019-01-14 | Senate | Rereferred to Finance |
2019-01-14 | Senate | Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (11-Y 0-N) |
2019-01-07 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
2019-01-07 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102885D |
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
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3 | 2 | 3108.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
58 | 1 | 609.3 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |