Municipally owned utilities.
Summary
Specifies that the statute concerning the payment for utility services (other than sewer services) provided by a municipally owned utility to rental property does not allow a municipal legislative body to impose a requirement that the owner of the property must: (1) ensure the creditworthiness of the person occupying the property; or (2) accept responsibility for charges incurred by the person occupying the property; by cosigning an agreement or by any other method.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Mar 3, 2020
Signed Mar 21, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2020 · House Jan 29, 2020
How they voted
21–17
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 41
Feb 27, 2020
D
Democratic8
62% Nay
R
Republican33
60% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
3
Mar 21, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Mar 10, 2020
Amended
House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 352: yeas 61, nays 34
lower
Mar 5, 2020
Introduced
Motion to concur filed
lower
Mar 3, 2020
Introduced
Motion to concur filed
lower
Feb 28, 2020
Amended
Returned to the House with amendments
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (21-17-3)
senate
Feb 25, 2020
Amended
Amendment #1 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 234: yeas 10, nays 36
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Committee
Referred to the Senate
lower
Jan 29, 2020
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (60-28-4)
house
Jan 23, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
3 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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