Disaster or emergency; disconnection prohibitions for certain utilities.
Summary
Disaster or emergency; disconnection prohibitionsfor certain utilities. Prohibits electric, gas, water, and wastewaterutilities from disconnecting service to a residential customer fornonpayment of bills or fees during a declared state of emergency,emergency, major disaster, disaster, resource shortage, or localemergency, as those terms are defined in the Code. The prohibitionlasts for 60 days after the state of emergency, emergency, majordisaster, disaster, resource shortage, or local emergency has endedor state or local officials determine that the prohibition need nolonger be in place.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Jan 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2022
Last action Feb 4, 2022
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2022
How they voted
22–0
Passed
Total votes 22
Feb 4, 2022
D
Democratic10
100% Yea
R
Republican12
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Feb 4, 2022
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (22-0)
house of delegates
Jan 12, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103260D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
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