Electric utilities; protection of customer data.
Summary
Requires the State Corporation Commission to convene and facilitate a Data Access Stakeholder group to review and consider certain elements of electric utility customer privacy considerations, including data sharing, protection of customers' personally identifiable information, opt-in/opt-out conditions for access to customers' utility usage data by the electric utility, and notice requirements by utilities to customers regarding energy usage data being collected. The measure requires the Data Access Stakeholder group to conclude its work no later than April 1, 2020, and report its recommendations to the General Assembly.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 8, 2019
Signed Mar 14, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 19, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Mar 14, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 399 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 20, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2332S1
upper
Feb 20, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19107314D-S1
upper
Feb 19, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2332H1
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106331D-H1
lower
Jan 15, 2019
Committee
Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #3
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104193D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark L. Keam
DDemocratic
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