Virginia House Bill 1875 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-31 - Tabled in Commerce and Energy (12-Y 9-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Public utilities; delay of termination of service for certain residential customers; serious medical Public utilities; delay of termination of service for certain residential customers; serious medical condition; report. Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish by regulation exemptions to termination of service by a public utility that provides electric, gas, or water and wastewater services for certain residential customers. The bill requires such regulations to require a public utility to delay termination of service for any residential customer (i) who has not filed a serious medical condition form with the public utility, for 15 calendar days upon oral or written notification from the residential customer that such customer or a family member residing with the customer has a serious medical condition; for such customer, the utility shall delay disconnection for at least 60 calendar days upon receiving a serious medical condition form during the 15-day period; (ii) who has filed a serious medical condition form with the public utility, for at least 60 days beyond the expiration of any required termination notice; or (iii) or who certifies to the utility that the customer's household includes primary residents who are not younger than 65 years of age, not older than 12 months of age, or have a disability, for a minimum of 60 calendar days beyond the expiration of any required termination notice. The bill requires that for any residential customer who is experiencing financial hardship and whose serious medical condition will last beyond the 60-calendar-delay period described in clause (ii), the utility shall work to establish a payment plan and make all due effort to avoid service termination; The bill requires such regulations to permit a residential customer to delay termination of service up to three times within a 12-month period. Each public utility subject to the provisions of the bill shall report monthly by the fifteenth day of each month information related to the filing of serious medical condition forms, exemptions from disconnections granted under the provisions of the bill, and payment plans entered into with residential customers.

Public utilities; delay of termination of service for certain residential customers.

Del. Dan Helmer [D]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

2023-01-31 - House - House: Tabled in Commerce and Energy (12-Y 9-N) (Y: 12 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-31	House	Tabled in Commerce and Energy (12-Y 9-N)
2023-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
2023-01-17	House	Assigned sub: Subcommittee #4
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103044D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1875
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1875+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105275D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/23105275D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1875F171+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H2304V0004+HB1875
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H23V0057+HB1875