HB 1557 Arkansas House · 2021 Regular Session

TO REQUIRE ELECTRIC UTILITIES TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY PLAN IN PLACE DURING CERTAIN WEATHER EVENTS; AND TO REQUIRE AN ELECTRIC UTILITY TO DIRECTLY NOTIFY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF CERTAIN EMERGENCY MEASURES TO REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2021

Committee Review

Apr 2021

House Passage

Apr 2021

Senate Passage

Apr 2021

Signed into Law

Apr 2021

Introduced Feb 24, 2021 Signed Apr 25, 2021

Floor votes · Senate Apr 20, 2021 · House Apr 7, 2021

How they voted

34–1

Passed

Total votes 35

Apr 20, 2021

D Democratic7

7 Yea

100% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican27

26 Yea 1 Nay

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 25, 2021

Signed into law

Notification that HB1557 is now Act 877

lower

Apr 20, 2021

Lower · Passed

Returned From the Senate as passed.

lower

Apr 20, 2021

Upper · Passed

Returned to the House as passed.

upper

Apr 20, 2021

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Apr 15, 2021

Upper · Passed

Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

upper

Apr 7, 2021

Lower · Passed

Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

lower

Apr 6, 2021

Introduced

Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

lower

Apr 5, 2021

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 3

lower

Mar 11, 2021

Lower · Passed

Amendment No. 1 & 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

lower

Feb 24, 2021

Introduced

Filed

lower

2 primary · 12 co-sponsors