Virginia House Bill 554 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 12 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-12 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0344)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Zoning for wireless communications infrastructure. Authorizes a locality to disapprove an application submitted for an administrative review-eligible project or for any zoning approval required for a standard process project that proposes to locate a new structure, or to co-locate a wireless facility, in an area where all cable and public utility facilities are required to be placed underground by a date certain or encouraged to be undergrounded as part of a transportation improvement project or rezoning proceeding as set forth in objectives contained in a comprehensive plan, on grounds that an applicant has not given written notice to adjacent landowners at least 15 days before it applies to locate a new structure in the area.

Zoning; wireless communications infrastructure.

Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg [D]

2020-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-12		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0344)
2020-03-12		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 344 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-05		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
2020-03-05	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
2020-02-27	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-27	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-26	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB554ER)
2020-02-26	House	Enrolled
2020-02-21	Senate	Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A)
2020-02-21	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-20	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-02-20	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-19	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-02-18	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2020-02-17	Senate	Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N)
2020-02-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Local Government
2020-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-06	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-06	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-05	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB554H1
2020-02-05	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20107159D-H1
2020-02-05	House	Read second time
2020-02-04	House	Read first time
2020-01-31	House	Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2020-01-31	House	Committee substitute printed 20107159D-H1
2020-01-21	House	Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use
2020-01-20	House	Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
2020-01-20	House	Referred from Communications, Technology and Innovation by voice vote
2020-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
2020-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102447D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	2316.4:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB554
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB554+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB554H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB554ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0344+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H07V0032+HB0554
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0515+HB0554
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S07V0083+HB0554
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0702HB0554+HB0554
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0802HB0554+HB0554