SB 536

  • Virginia Senate Bill
  • 2021 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Jan 07, 2020
  • Senate
  • House
  • Governor

Incentives for telecommunications companies; provision of wireless broadband services.

Abstract

Incentives for telecommunications companies;provision of wireless broadband services. Directs the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission to award at least $50 million peryear in grants to cover expenditures for the purchase and installationof wireless and broadband equipment to rural service areas in theCommonwealth. The bill defines "rural service areas" as any localitywith a mean broadband download speed of less than 10 megabits persecond, and a mean broadband upload speed of less than one megabitper second.

Bill Sponsors (1)

Votes


Actions


Dec 04, 2020

Senate

Left in Finance and Appropriations

Feb 04, 2020

Senate

Continued to 2021 in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N 1-A)

Senate

Committee amendments

Jan 20, 2020

Senate

Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations

Senate

Impact statement from DPB (SB536)

Senate

Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)

Jan 07, 2020

Senate

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101837D

Senate

Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101837D HTML

Related Documents

Document Format
Fiscal Impact Statement: SB536F122.PDF PDF
Amendment: SB536ASC HTML
Amendment: SB536AS HTML

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