Virginia Senate Bill 446 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on April 11 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0593)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Broadband service; new residential and commercial development; stakeholder advisory group. Provides that the Department of Housing and Community Development shall convene a stakeholder advisory group for the purpose of evaluating local and state policies, procedures, or ordinances to facilitate the expansion of high-speed broadband service and associated infrastructure in new residential and commercial development. The stakeholder advisory group shall be composed of representatives from the commercial and residential land development and construction industry, local government, high-speed broadband providers, and other stakeholders as determined by the Department and shall report its findings and recommendations to the Broadband Advisory Council no later than September 30, 2022.

High-speed broadband service; expanding to new residential and commercial development.

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]

Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

2022-03-02 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-25 - House - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-25 - House - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Local Government with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-01-17 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0593)
2022-04-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 593 (effective 7/1/22)
2022-03-22		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
2022-03-22	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
2022-03-08	House	Signed by Speaker
2022-03-08	Senate	Signed by President
2022-03-07	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB446ER)
2022-03-07	Senate	Enrolled
2022-03-02	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2022-03-02	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2022-03-02	House	Read third time
2022-03-01	House	Read second time
2022-02-25	House	Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N)
2022-02-21	House	Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
2022-02-21	House	Read first time
2022-02-21	House	Placed on Calendar
2022-02-10	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2022-02-09	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB446S1
2022-02-09	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 22105253D-S1
2022-02-09	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2022-02-09	Senate	Read second time
2022-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2022-02-07	Senate	Committee substitute printed 22105253D-S1
2022-02-07	Senate	Reported from Local Government with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
2022-01-17	Senate	Rereferred to Local Government
2022-01-17	Senate	Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
2022-01-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2022-01-11	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102502D

HB445 (Same As) 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0592)
HB445 (Same As) 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0592)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	987	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB446
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB446+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB446S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB446ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0593+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22105253D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB446FS1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB446FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S02V0013+SB0446
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S07V0051+SB0446
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0275SB0446+SB0446
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0300SB0446+SB0446
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H07V0174+SB0446
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H07V0151+SB0446
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+HV1344+SB0446