State Corporation Commission; natural gas utilities, investigative reports.
Summary
Requires the State Corporation Commission, within 30 days following receipt of a written request, to make available for public inspection a report regarding the finalized enforcement action or investigation regarding the death or personal injury necessitating inpatient hospitalization of any person or damage to property exceeding $50,000 resulting from a leak or other incident involving the intrastate facilities of a natural gas utility operator. The measure prohibits such a report from revealing infrastructure information regarding certain buildings, structures, or facilities; risk assessment information not provided to the public by the utility operator; certain security plans and measures; confidential or sensitive information; proprietary information; and information that would jeopardize the safety or security of any person, governmental facility, building, or structure, or private commercial office, residential, or retail building.
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Governor
Introduced Jan 3, 2019
Last action Feb 20, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jan 25, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Jan 25, 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
19
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Feb 13, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
lower
Jan 25, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Jan 24, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1176S1
upper
Jan 24, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19105381D-S1
upper
Jan 3, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 3, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103248D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jeremy McPike
DDemocratic
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