Virginia 2020 Regular Session Status: In Committee

HB 1068 — Broadband service; prescriptive easements.

Last action — Left in Communications, Technology and Innovation

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House of Delegates
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Broadband service; prescriptive easements. Provides that if a public service company has acquired a prescriptive easement pursuant to which it has the right to poles and wires to provide electric service, its rights under that prescriptive easement shall be deemed to include the right to grant to a provider of broadband or other telecommunications services the rights to attach its wires and facilities to the public service company's poles and to enter upon the right-of-way to install and maintain the wires and facilities without the approval of the owner of the servient tract of land.

Bill Text

  • Impact statement from SCC (HB1068) View text Current html January 07, 2020

Action History

  1. Left in Communications, Technology and Innovation

  2. Impact statement from SCC (HB1068)

  3. Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (10-Y 0-N)

  4. Assigned CT & I sub: Communications

  5. Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation

  6. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102905D

Sponsors

  • Jennifer Carroll Foy · Cosponsor
  • Kaye Kory · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Jennifer Carroll Foy

Not signed on (146)

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Votes

Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (10-Y 0-N)

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10001
Total 10001
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Byron, Kathy J. — Yea
C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — Not Voting
Campbell, Jeffrey L. — Yea
Chris S. Runion — Yea
Convirs-Fowler, Kelly K. — Yea
Dan I. Helmer — Yea
Danica A. Roem — Yea
Jenkins, Clinton L. — Yea
Michael J. Webert — Yea
Plum, Kenneth R. — Yea
Subramanyam, Suhas — Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1068 do?
Broadband service; prescriptive easements. Provides that if a public service company has acquired a prescriptive easement pursuant to which it has the right to poles and wires to provide electric service, its rights under that prescriptive easement shall be deemed to include the right to grant to a provider of broadband or other telecommunications services the rights to attach its wires and facilities to the public service company's poles and to enter upon the right-of-way to install and maintain the wires and facilities without the approval of the owner of the servient tract of land.
Who sponsors HB 1068?
HB 1068 is sponsored by Jennifer Carroll Foy and Kory, Kaye.
What is the current status of HB 1068?
This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 1068?
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