Amends "Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act" to add definition of "open access offshore wind transmission facility" and revises law concerning "qualified offshore wind projects."
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2019
Committee Review
Nov 2019
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
General Assembly Passage
Jan 2020
Governor
Introduced Jun 20, 2019
Last action Jan 13, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Dec 16, 2019
How they voted
27–0
Passed · 13 other
Total votes 40
Dec 16, 2019
D
Democratic26
92% Yea
R
Republican14
21% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
3
Committee
1
Amendments
1
Jan 13, 2020
General Assembly · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (62-14-0)
Jan 9, 2020
Senate · Passed
Passed Senate (36-0)
Dec 16, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (27-0-13)
Dec 16, 2019
Senate · Amendment adopted
Senate Amendment (27-0) (Smith)
Nov 18, 2019
Senate · Reported by committee
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
Jun 20, 2019
Senate · Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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