HOUSE BILL 703

Sponsored By:

Delegates Taylor, Guns, Hixson, Hurson, Howard, Menes, Montague, Owings, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Vallario, and Wood

Entitled:

Electric Utility Industry Restructuring

Synopsis:

Enabling the restructuring of the electric utility industry of the State, subject to oversight of the Public Service Commission; requiring the phased implementation of customer choice for electric customers in the State; reducing certain rates for 4 years; allowing municipal electric utilities to make their service territory available for customer choice; requiring an electric company to provide certain services in its territory; requiring persons to be licensed before providing electricity supply services in the State; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

2/12

First Reading Environmental Matters

2/17

Hearing 2/25 at 12:00 p.m.

3/24

Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Special Order 3/25 (Delegate Guns) Adopted

3/25

Special Order after Third Reading calendar (Delegate Guns) Adopted

Floor Committee Amendment Adopted

Floor Committee Amendment Adopted

Floor Amendment (Delegate Snodgrass)

Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted

Floor Amendment (Delegate Snodgrass) Rejected (39-88)

Floor Amendment (Delegate Pitkin) Rejected (33-95)

Floor Amendment (Delegate Pitkin) Rejected

Floor Amendment (Delegate Grosfeld) Rejected

Floor Amendment (Delegate Dypski) Rejected (31-80)

Floor Amendment (Delegate Bobo) Rejected (33-90)

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/26

Third Reading Passed (99-36)

3/30

House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments

House Requests Senate Recede

Conference Committee Appointed ...

Delegates Guns, Schisler, and Taylor

3/31

Conference Committee Report Adopted

Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted

Third Reading Passed (96-36)

4/2

Passed Enrolled

4/8

Signed by the Governor Chapter 4

Senate Action

3/29

First Reading Finance

3/30

Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

Motion 2rdgs same day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Bromwell) Adopted (39-4)

Third Reading Passed with Amendments (36-8)

4/1

Senate Refuses to Recede

Conference Committee Appointed ...

Senators Bromwell, Madden, and Miller

4/2

Conference Committee Report Adopted (35-12)

Third Reading Passed (34-13)

Sponsored by:

Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C

Delegate Ronald A. Guns, District 36

Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43

Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B

Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40

Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42

Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A

Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT

APPROPRIATIONS

ATTORNEY GENERAL

BUDGETS -see also- CAPITAL BUDGETS

CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- ADVTG.; LABELING; WARRANTIES.

CONTRACTS -see also- LAND INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS; PROCUREMENT

COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES

DISCLOSURE

DISCRIMINATION -see also- SEX DISCRIMINATION

EDUCATION -see also- PUBLIC SCHOOLS; SPECIAL ED.; HIGHER ED.

ENERGY MATTERS -see also- FUEL; POWER PLANTS; SOLAR ENERGY

ENVIRONMENT, DEPARTMENT OF

ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS -see also- NAT. RESOURCES; POLLUTION

FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES

GENERAL ASSEMBLY -see also- AELR CMTE; LEGISLATIVE POLICY

GOVERNOR

HIGH VOLTAGE LINES

HUMAN RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF

INDIGENT PERSONS

INVESTIGATIONS AND INQUIRIES -see also- CRIM BCKGRND INVEST.

LICENSES -see also- ALC. BEVERAGES LIC; DRIVERS' LIC

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS

NATURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF

PENALTIES

POWER PLANTS

PRICES -see also- CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

REPORTS -see also- RECORDS

REVENUE AND TAXES -see also specific taxes-

RULES AND REGULATIONS

UNIFORM LAWS

UTILITIES -see also- HIGH VOLTAGE LINES; TELEPHONES; WATER

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Commercial Law

( 9-104 , 9-104 )

Natural Resources

( 3-302 )

Public Utility Companies

( 1-101 , 2-110 , 2-118 , 4-201 , 4-202 , 4-403 , 7-201 , 7-203 , 7-207 , 7-211 , 7-501 , 7-502 , 7-503 , 7-504 , 7-505 , 7-506 , 7-507 , 7-508 , 7-509 , 7-510 , 7-511 , 7-512 , 7-513 , 7-514 , 7-515 , 7-516 , 7-517 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

House

Number: 343219/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 25, 1999   at: 4:38 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 373711/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 25, 1999   at: 5:34 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 379692/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 25, 1999   at: 4:34 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Number: 459591/2 (PDF)     Offered on: March 25, 1999   at: 4:35 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Number: 603712/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 25, 1999   at: 5:13 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 679593/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 24, 1999   at: 6:35 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Number: 703417/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 25, 1999   at: 5:46 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 713713/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 25, 1999   at: 5:23 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 863713/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 25, 1999   at: 4:59 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Senate

Number: 517567/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 30, 1999   at: 10:35 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Conference Committee Documents:

Report Number: 693313/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 2, 1999   at: 11:14 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Amendment Number: 063613/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 2, 1999   at: 11:14 a.m.     Status: Incomplete

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

March 25, 1999: Floor Amendment (Snodgrass) Rejected (39-88)

March 25, 1999: Floor Amendment (Pitkin) {863713/1 Rejected (33-95)

March 25, 1999: Floor Amendment (Dypski) {373711/1 Rejected (31-80)

March 25, 1999: Floor Amendment (Bobo) {703417/1 Rejected (33-90)

March 26, 1999: Third Reading Passed (99-36)

March 31, 1999: Third Reading Passed (95-36)

Senate

March 30, 1999: Motion 2rdgs same day Const/Rule 24 (Bromwell) Adopted (39-4)

March 30, 1999: Third Reading Passed (36-8)

April 2, 1999: Conference Committee Report {693313/1 Adopted (35-12)

April 2, 1999: Third Reading Passed (34-13)