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2023 SESSION
SB 1145 Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act; various changes to Act.
Introduced by: Jeremy S. McPike (by request) | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act. Makes various changes to the Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act. The bill (i) requires excavators to review updates in the 811 positive response system and conduct additional safety verifications before digging, (ii) allows an excavator to schedule a locate request 12 days in advance, (iii) creates a criminal penalty for any person who knowingly and intentionally excavates after being notified by a representative of the Commission of a determination that such excavation constitutes an immediate threat to safety or property and such representative requests that excavation cease, (iv) increases from $2,500 to $10,000 the maximum civil penalty for violations of the Act, and (v) updates notification requirements. This bill is identical to HB 2132.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103926D pdf | impact statements
- 01/23/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105091D-S1 pdf | impact statements
- 02/13/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23106685D-H1 pdf | impact statements
- 02/23/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1145ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/23/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0300) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103926D
- 01/10/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/23/23 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105091D-S1
- 01/23/23 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/01/23 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/23 Senate: Read second time
- 02/03/23 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/03/23 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 23105091D-S1
- 02/03/23 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1145S1
- 02/03/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/23 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/23 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/07/23 House: Read first time
- 02/07/23 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/13/23 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23106685D-H1
- 02/15/23 House: Read second time
- 02/16/23 House: Read third time
- 02/16/23 House: Committee substitute agreed to 23106685D-H1
- 02/16/23 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1145H1
- 02/16/23 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/23 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/23 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/23 Senate: Title replaced 23106685D-H1
- 02/23/23 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/23/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1145ER)
- 02/23/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/23 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/02/23 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
- 03/02/23 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/23/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 300 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/23/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0300)