HB 2333 Pennsylvania House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for responsible utility customer protection.

This bill creates a new chapter in Pennsylvania's public utilities laws focused on protecting responsible customers from financial harm caused by others' unpaid bills. It establishes clearer rules for how utilities handle security deposits, payment arrangements, and service termination while requiring utilities to report on delinquent accounts and public assistance recipients. The legislation also introduces specific definitions for creditworthiness and income changes, mandates automatic meter readings, and provides additional collection tools for city natural gas distribution operations to improve their financial stability.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
Apr 2026
House Passage
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 19, 2026 Last action Apr 23, 2026
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What changed between versions

Printer's No. PN3028 Printer's No. PN3196 · 4 edits
MODERATE
This bill update adds new sponsors to the legislation and formally marks a section on reporting delinquent customers as reserved, likely to prevent its use while focusing on other utility protections. The most significant change is the removal of a section that allowed utilities to terminate service immediately if a customer failed to comply with a payment plan, which previously left little room for customer assistance. This change strengthens consumer protections by ensuring that payment arrangements cannot be used as an immediate excuse to cut off essential services, thereby reducing the risk of service termination for struggling households.
Scope change
The bill's scope was slightly expanded by adding new sponsors (Tiburcio, Sanchez, Green, and Salisbury) to the list of representatives introducing the measure.
ELIGIBILITY

The section allowing utilities to terminate service for non-compliance with payment arrangements was removed, preventing immediate disconnection of service for customers in payment plans.

TECHNICAL

The section titled 'Reporting of delinquent customers' was marked as '(RESERVED)', indicating it is not to be used in this version of the bill.

New sponsors (Tiburcio, Sanchez, Green, and Salisbury) were added to the list of bill introducers.

The bill's printer number was updated from PN 3028 to PN 3196 to reflect the latest version of the text.

Floor votes · House Apr 15, 2026

How they voted

10794
Passed
Total votes 201
Apr 15, 2026
D Democratic102
102 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican99
5 Yea 94 Nay
94% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Apr 23, 2026
Committee
Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure
upper
Apr 15, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Apr 15, 2026
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Apr 14, 2026
Committee
Re-committed to Appropriations
lower
Mar 23, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported as committed
lower
Mar 19, 2026
Committee
Referred to Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities
lower
1 primary · 17 co-sponsors

Sponsors