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SB 596 Electric Utility Restructuring, Commission on; continue as Commission on Electric Utility Regulation
Introduced by: Thomas K. Norment, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Commission on Electric Utility Regulation. Continues the Commission on Electric Utility Restructuring as the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation and extends its scheduled expiration from July 1, 2008, until July 1, 2010. The Electric Utility Restructuring Act is renamed the Electric Utility Regulation Act, and provisions of the Act that address the transition to retail competition are revised to address provisions of 2007 legislation that curtailed many aspects of the scheduled re-regulation of electric generation services. SB 575 is incorporated into this bill.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/08 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086528284 pdf | impact statement
- 02/11/08 Senate: Committee substitute printed 080173284-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/08/08 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB596ER) pdf | impact statement
- 05/12/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0883) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/08 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086528284
- 01/09/08 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/11/08 Senate: Committee substitute printed 080173284-S1
- 02/11/08 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/08 Senate: Read second time
- 02/12/08 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/12/08 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 080173284-S1
- 02/12/08 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB596S1
- 02/12/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/08 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/08 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/08 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/08 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/14/08 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/14/08 House: Read first time
- 02/14/08 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/21/08 House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/08 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 03/03/08 House: Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/08 House: Read second time
- 03/05/08 House: Read third time
- 03/05/08 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/08 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/08 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/08/08 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB596ER)
- 03/08/08 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/11/08 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/11/08 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/22/08 Senate: Placed on Calendar
- 04/23/08 Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (1-Y 38-N)
- 04/23/08 Senate: Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 0-N)
- 04/23/08 Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (0-Y 39-N)
- 04/23/08 Senate: Communicated to Governor
- 05/12/08 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 883 (effective 7/1/08)
- 05/12/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0883)