CS/HB 651: Medically Essential Electric Utility Service
GENERAL BILL by Commerce Committee ; Smith, D.
Medically Essential Electric Utility Service; Specifies that certain utilities are not exempt from providing medically essential electric service; provides notification requirements for electric utilities relating to certification process for obtaining medically essential electric service & service disconnection; specifies duties of electric utilities; revises penalties for falsification of such certification; requires certain health care practitioners to inform certain patients of such certification process; requires such practitioners to provide patients with completed medical certifications & document certification.
Effective Date: 1/1/2020
Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Innovation, Industry, and Technology (IT)
- Health Policy (HP)
- Rules (RC)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/5/2019 | House |
• Filed |
| 2/13/2019 | House |
• Referred to Energy and Utilities Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee; Commerce Committee -HJ 72 • On Committee agenda-- Energy and Utilities Subcommittee, 02/20/19, 4:00 pm, Webster Hall |
| 2/20/2019 | House |
• Favorable by Energy and Utilities Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 301 |
| 2/21/2019 | House |
• Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 301 |
| 3/5/2019 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 72 |
| 3/12/2019 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 03/14/19, 12:00 pm, Morris Hall |
| 3/14/2019 | House |
• Favorable by Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -HJ 442 • Now in Commerce Committee -HJ 442 |
| 3/19/2019 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 03/21/19, 12:00 pm, Webster Hall |
| 3/21/2019 | House |
• CS by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 0 -HJ 490 |
| 3/22/2019 | House |
• Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c) |
| 3/25/2019 | House |
• CS by Commerce Committee read 1st time -HJ 485 • Placed on Calendar -HJ 496 |
| 4/4/2019 | House |
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/10/19 |
| 4/10/2019 | House |
• Read 2nd time -HJ 609 • Placed on 3rd reading |
| 4/11/2019 | House |
• Read 3rd time -HJ 648 • CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 -HJ 648 |
| 4/18/2019 | Senate |
• In Messages • Referred to Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Health Policy; Rules -SJ 396 |
| 4/22/2019 | Senate |
• Received -SJ 396 |
| 5/3/2019 | Senate |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology |
