Residential Utility Disconnections

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Prohibiting an electric utility, a public utility, or a water utility from disconnecting service to residential customers for nonpayment of bills or fees under specified circumstances; requiring such utilities to waive reconnection fees and late fees in certain circumstances; prohibiting such utilities from recovering from customers any fee or expense incurred in complying with the act; requiring such utilities to deliver notice of nonpayment of bills or fees to residential customers within a specified timeframe using specified methods of notice and including certain information, etc.

Every action

5 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Jan 27, 2025SenateFiled
2. Feb 3, 2025CommitteeReferred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy · Senate Regulated Industries
3. Mar 4, 2025SenateIntroduced
4. May 3, 2025SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
5. Jun 16, 2025CommitteeDied in Regulated Industries · Senate Regulated Industries

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Democrat.

• Lori BermanD Primary sponsor · District 26