Medically Essential Electric Utility Service
Summary
Medically Essential Electric Utility Service; Specifies that fact that certain electric utilities must provide medically essential electric service does not require them to otherwise be regulated by PSC; provides notification requirements for electric utilities relating to certification process for obtaining medically essential electric service & service disconnection; provides certification requirements for customers; specifies duties of electric utilities; revises penalties for falsification of such certification; requires certain health care practitioners to inform certain patients of such certification process; requires such practitioners to provide patients with completed medical certifications & document certification.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Last action Mar 14, 2020
Floor votes · House Feb 20, 2020
How they voted
59–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 61
Feb 20, 2020
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican40
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
9
Committee
10
Feb 27, 2020
Committee
Referred to Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Appropriations
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0
lower
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 21 NAYS 0
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/06/20, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Now in Commerce Committee
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 01/30/20, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Lower · Passed
Now in Health and Human Services Committee
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Energy and Utilities Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
lower
Jan 13, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Energy and Utilities Subcommittee, 01/15/20, 9:30 am, Webster Hall
lower
Dec 16, 2019
Committee
Referred to Energy and Utilities Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee; Commerce Committee
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Randy Maggard
RRepublican
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