AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Requires an electric utility to bury power lines in the event of a residential power outage lasting ninety-six (96) consecutive hours or more, unless the outage was caused by the resident.)
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 27, 2019
Last action Mar 12, 2019
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Mar 12, 2019
Legislature · Passed
03/12/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 27, 2019
Introduced
02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to House Corporations
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Evan Shanley
DDemocratic
P
Joseph Solomon
DDemocratic
P
Stephen Casey
DDemocratic
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