Virginia House Bill 2367 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 28 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-03-28 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0738)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Telecommunications services; regulation. Eliminates certain requirements applicable to competitive telecommunications services. The requirement that competitive services be offered for sale under a filed tariff is eliminated. The State Corporation Commission shall permit, but may not mandate, the detariffing of any or all terms, conditions, or rates for retail telephone service not found prior to January 1, 2011, to be a basic local exchange telephone service. After July 1, 2013, the Commission shall permit, but may not mandate, the detariffing of any or all terms, conditions, or rates for any or all retail telephone services. In addition, the measure (i) eliminates the facility-building requirement of telephone companies in instances where a person has service available from one or more alternative providers of wireline or terrestrial wireless communications service at prevailing market rates; (ii) permits an incumbent provider to meet its obligation to furnish reasonably adequate service and facilities through the use of any and all wireline or terrestrial wireless technology, subject to a requirement that when a telephone company restores service to an existing wireline customer, the company shall offer the option to furnish service using wireline facilities; (iii) provides that the Commission may conclude that competition can effectively ensure reasonably adequate retail services in competitive exchanges and may carry out its duty to ensure that a public utility is furnishing reasonably adequate retail service in its competitive exchanges by monitoring individual customer complaints and requiring appropriate responses to such complaints; (iv) amends the requirement of prior approval for the sale of all of the assets of a telephone company to provide that the Commission in such a proceeding shall consider only the financial, managerial, and technical resources to render local exchange telecommunications services of the person acquiring ownership or control; (v) eliminates requirements associated with telegraph service that is no longer offered in the Commonwealth; (vi) expands the definition of mail used for providing notice to customers to include electronic mail; (vii) provides that the prohibition on multiple rate increases within a 12-month period does not apply to competitive services; (viii) exempts telephone companies from provisions relating to energy and capital resource use conservation, standard units of products or service, and fuel purchases; (ix) eliminates provisions relating to the authority of the Commission to establish areas where a telephone company may provide mobile telephone service; (x) deletes obsolete provisions applicable to the extension of telephone facilities into rural areas and to the rates of telephone companies set by municipal ordinances; (xi) allows the detariffing of interexchange service; and (xii) provides that requirements that telephone companies file reports, other than reports relating to the special revenue tax, will expire on December 31 of each year unless the Commission extends the requirement after notice and an opportunity for a hearing.

Telecommunications services; eliminates certain requirements.

Del. Kathy Byron [R]

Del. Timothy Hugo [R]

2011-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) (Y: 26 N: 14 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (11-Y 4-N) (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-02-08 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (69-Y 28-N 2-A) (Y: 71 N: 28 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2011-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (20-Y 1-N) (Y: 20 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-01-20 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-28		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0738)
2011-03-28		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 738 (effective 7/1/11)
2011-02-25		Senate: Signed by President
2011-02-25		House: Signed by Speaker
2011-02-25		House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2367ER)
2011-02-25		House: Enrolled
2011-02-18		Senate: Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N)
2011-02-18		Senate: Read third time
2011-02-17		Senate: Passed by for the day
2011-02-17		Senate: Read third time
2011-02-16		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2011-02-14		Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (11-Y 4-N)
2011-02-09		Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2011-02-09		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
2011-02-08		House: VOTE: PASSAGE (69-Y 28-N 2-A)
2011-02-08		House: Read third time and passed House (69-Y 28-N 2-A)
2011-02-07		House: Printed as engrossed 11104402D-EH1
2011-02-07		House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB2367EH1
2011-02-07		House: Amendments by Delegate Armstrong rejected
2011-02-07		House: Amendment by Delegate Hugo agreed to
2011-02-07		House: Committee substitute agreed to 11104402D-H1
2011-02-07		House: Read second time
2011-02-06		House: Read first time
2011-02-03		House: Committee substitute printed 11104402D-H1
2011-02-03		House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (20-Y 1-N)
2011-01-20		House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
2011-01-19		House: Assigned C & L sub: #2
2011-01-12		House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2011-01-12		House: Presented and ordered printed 11103406D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2367
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+HB2367+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+HB2367H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+HB2367EH1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+HB2367ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0738+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+H1402V0003+HB2367
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+H14V0083+HB2367
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+HV0727+HB2367
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+S02V0099+HB2367
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+SV0446HB2367+HB2367
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+SV0528HB2367+HB2367