Virginia House Bill 2691 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 19 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-19 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0619)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Electric utilities; provision of broadband services. Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish pilot programs under which Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power may submit a petition to provide or make available broadband capacity to nongovernmental Internet service providers in areas of the Commonwealth that are unserved by broadband. The costs of Dominion Power and Appalachian Power's proposals are each capped at $60 million annually. The provision of such broadband capacity is declared to be in the public interest. The measure authorizes the utilities to recover the net costs of the pilot program from customers through a rate adjustment clause. The measure authorizes such utility to own or lease broadband capacity equipment. The measure requires the Commission to conduct proceedings to determine whether an area is unserved by broadband.

Electric utilities; provision of broadband services to unserved areas.

Del. Israel O'Quinn [R]

Del. Jeffrey Campbell [R]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

Del. Roslyn Tyler [D]

2019-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 3-N) (Y: 96 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (13-Y 1-N) (Y: 13 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-05 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (96-Y 2-N 1-A) (Y: 96 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-19		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0619)
2019-03-19		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 619 (effective 7/1/19)
2019-03-04		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-03-04	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
2019-02-23	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-23	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-23	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2691ER)
2019-02-23	House	Enrolled
2019-02-21	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 3-N)
2019-02-21	House	Senate amendments agreed to by House (96-Y 3-N)
2019-02-21	House	Placed on Calendar
2019-02-20	Senate	Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
2019-02-20	Senate	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-20	Senate	Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
2019-02-20	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2019-02-20	Senate	Committee amendments agreed to
2019-02-20	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2019-02-20	Senate	Read third time
2019-02-19	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-18	Senate	Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N)
2019-02-18	Senate	Rereferred to Finance
2019-02-18	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (13-Y 1-N)
2019-02-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2019-02-05	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (96-Y 2-N 1-A)
2019-02-05	House	Read third time and passed House (96-Y 2-N 1-A)
2019-02-04	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2691H1
2019-02-04	House	Committee substitute agreed to 19105782D-H1
2019-02-04	House	Read second time
2019-02-03	House	Read first time
2019-01-31	House	Committee substitute printed 19105782D-H1
2019-01-31	House	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
2019-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
2019-01-17	House	Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #3
2019-01-14	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-01-14	House	Presented and ordered printed 19104679D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2691
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2691+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2691H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2691ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0619+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H1403V0006+HB2691
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H14V0034+HB2691
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H14V0079+HB2691
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2504+HB2691
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S02V0174+HB2691
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S05V0391+HB2691
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0834HB2691+HB2691
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0905HB2691+HB2691
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0907HB2691+HB2691
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0908HB2691+HB2691
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV3223+HB2691