Requires electric public utilities to provide priority power restoration to certain medical facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Dec 2020
General Assembly Passage
Nov 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Signed Mar 1, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jan 11, 2021 · General Assembly Nov 16, 2020
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 40
Jan 11, 2021
D
Democratic26
88% Yea
R
Republican14
78% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Mar 1, 2021
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2021, c.29.
executive
Jan 11, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0)
upper
Dec 10, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Nov 19, 2020
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee
upper
Nov 16, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (74-0-0)
lower
Oct 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee
lower
8 primary · 25 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
AM
Angelica M. Jimenez
DDemocratic
P
Annette Quijano
DDemocratic
P
Benjie Wimberly
DDemocratic
P
DR
Daniel R. Benson
DDemocratic
P
Gary Schaer
DDemocratic
P
NP
Nellie Pou
DDemocratic
P
Raj Mukherji
DDemocratic
P
TH
Thomas H. Kean, Jr.
RRepublican
Co
Angela McKnight
DDemocratic
Co
AC
Annette Chaparro
DDemocratic
Co
BD
BettyLou DeCroce
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Tully
DDemocratic
Co
Eliana Pintor Marin
DDemocratic
Co
EH
Eric Houghtaling
DDemocratic
Co
GM
Gabriela M. Mosquera
DDemocratic
Co
Gordon Johnson
DDemocratic
Co
HC
Herb Conaway
DDemocratic
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