AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Amends the utility base rate statute to make clean transportation, clean heating, and energy storage.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
House Passage
Jun 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Mar 30, 2023
Signed Jun 23, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Jun 1, 2023
How they voted
33–2
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
Jun 1, 2023
D
Democratic32
93% Yea
R
Republican5
60% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Jun 12, 2023
Lower · Passed
06/12/2023 House passed in concurrence
lower
Jun 8, 2023
Legislature · Passed
06/08/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
legislature
Jun 2, 2023
Committee
06/02/2023 Referred to House Finance
lower
Jun 1, 2023
Upper · Passed
06/01/2023 Senate read and passed
upper
May 23, 2023
Legislature · Passed
05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage
legislature
May 16, 2023
Committee
05/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 30, 2023
Introduced
03/30/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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