Virginia Senate Bill 384 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 25 2018 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-03-06 - Left in Rules
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Creating a process for identifying and relocating fiber optics and other communications infrastructure during road construction projects; Department of Transportation. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall convene a work group of stakeholders to examine the current statutory and regulatory processes for identifying the location of, and the owners or leaseholders of, fiber optic cable and conduit, as well as other similar communications infrastructure and utilities, that are located under or across from public property or in close proximity to or in an existing or newly acquired public easement or right-of-way, in order to determine whether the current process for relocating such infrastructure as necessary for the construction of a public roadway and associated appurtenances, whether such project is locally or state administered, is appropriately efficient, timely, and cost effective, in order to avoid unnecessary and costly delays in construction. Stakeholders shall include representatives from local government, cable and telecommunications industries, the road construction industry, underground utility locating contractors, and the State Corporation Commission. The Department shall assess whether the current permitting and utility registration and relocation procedures and requirements are adequate, reasonable, or excessive and shall submit its findings and any recommendations for improving such process to the General Assembly by November 30, 2018.

Fiber optics and other communications infrastructure; identifying during road construction projects.

Sen. Richard Black [R]

2018-02-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 0-N) (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 2-A) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2018-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-06	House	Left in Rules
2018-02-27	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 0-N)
2018-02-23	House	Assigned Rules sub: Subcommittee #2
2018-01-31	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2018-01-31	House	Read first time
2018-01-31	House	Placed on Calendar
2018-01-26	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 2-A)
2018-01-25	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2018-01-24	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2018-01-22	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
2018-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2018-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104627D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB384
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB384+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S02V0018+SB0384
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0119SB0384+SB0384
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0141SB0384+SB0384
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H2002V0025+SB0384