TO AUTHORIZE UTILITIES TO RECOVER THE COST OF RESTORATION OF DAMAGES AND EXTRAORDINARY NATURAL GAS, FUEL, OR PURCHASED POWER COSTS CAUSED BY STORMS THROUGH SECURITIZATION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Mar 22, 2021
Signed Apr 13, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 5, 2021 · House Apr 6, 2021
How they voted
27–1
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 35
Apr 5, 2021
D
Democratic7
28% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
8
Committee
3
Apr 13, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that SB588 is now Act 641
upper
Apr 6, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Apr 6, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned To the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 6, 2021
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Apr 6, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Apr 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Mar 29, 2021
Committee
Re-referred to ENERGY - JOINT
upper
Mar 29, 2021
Committee
Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE
upper
Mar 22, 2021
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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