Water and wastewater utilities.
Summary
Amends the law allowing the adjustment of a water or wastewater utility's rates and charges to enable the utility to recover the cost of eligible infrastructure improvements, by providing that the general maximum limit on the revenues used in determining the adjustment does not apply to infrastructure improvement costs associated with the construction, reconstruction, or improvement of a highway, street, or road. Amends the law that allows a public water utility to treat the costs of replacing customer-owned lead service lines as eligible infrastructure improvements for which a utility's rates and charges may be adjusted, by providing that the law applies to municipally owned utilities as well as public utilities. Establishes a procedure under which a public utility, municipally owned utility, or not-for-profit utility that provides water or wastewater service to the public and is under the jurisdiction of the commission for the approval of rates and charges may seek to recover, through a periodic rate adjustment, the cost of certain utility plant or equipment expenditures that are related to compliance with environmental requirements or made for health, safety, or environmental protection purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 9, 2020
Signed Mar 21, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jan 23, 2020 · House Mar 2, 2020
How they voted
36–1
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 41
Jan 23, 2020
D
Democratic8
75% Yea
R
Republican33
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Mar 21, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Mar 3, 2020
Introduced
Returned to the Senate without amendments
lower
Mar 2, 2020
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (82-0-10)
house
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Committee
Referred to the House
upper
Jan 23, 2020
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (36-1-4)
senate
Jan 16, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
4 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ed Charbonneau
RRepublican
P
Ed Soliday
RRepublican
P
Eric Koch
RRepublican
P
Sue Glick
RRepublican
Co
David Niezgodski
DDemocratic
Co
DS
Dollyne Sherman
RRepublican
Co
Ethan Manning
RRepublican
Co
J.D. Ford
DDemocratic
Co
JM
James Merritt
RRepublican
Co
JR
John Ruckelshaus
RRepublican
Co
Lonnie Randolph
DDemocratic
Co
MS
Mark Stoops
DDemocratic
Co
RH
Ryan Hatfield
DDemocratic
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