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
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Printer's No. PN3196
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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
107–94
Passed
Total votes 201
Apr 15, 2026
D
Democratic102
100% Yea
R
Republican99
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
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dave Madsen
DDemocratic
Co
Abigail Salisbury
DDemocratic
Co
AT
Ana Tiburcio
DDemocratic
Co
Ben Sanchez
DDemocratic
Co
Bob Merski
DDemocratic
Co
Danilo Burgos
DDemocratic
Co
Dave Delloso
DDemocratic
Co
Eddie Pashinski
DDemocratic
Co
Joe Webster
DDemocratic
Co
Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz
DDemocratic
Co
Justin Fleming
DDemocratic
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