Bill Text: VA HB445 | 2022 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: High-speed broadband service; expanding to new residential and commercial development.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0592) [HB445 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2022-HB445-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 445 Offered January 12, 2022 Prefiled January 11, 2022 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 5 of Chapter 9 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-987, relating to broadband service; requirement for new residential and commercial development. ---------- Patron-- Murphy ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 5 of Chapter 9 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-987 as follows:

§15.2-987. Broadband services; new residential and commercial development.

Any locality may, by ordinance, require broadband service and associated infrastructure to be installed whenever new residential or commercial development is permitted.