ESHB 1329 — Preventing utility shutoffs for nonpayment during extreme heat.
Signed into law — Chapter 105, Laws of 2023
- Sponsor
- Mena
- Introduced
- February 9, 2023
- Status
- C 105 L 23
- Last action
- Effective date 7/23/2023. (April 20, 2023)
What this bill does
Prohibits utilities from involuntarily terminating water or electric service to any residential user during certain high-temperature events. Prohibits landlords, under both the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act and the Manufactured and Mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act, from effecting an involuntary termination of electric utility or water service due to lack of payment to any residential tenant during certain high-temperature events. Creates a civil cause of action for involuntary termination for nonpayment of water service to any residential user during certain high-temperature events.
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Floor votes
- House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 27, 202364 yea · 31 nay · 3 not voting
- Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 10, 202329 yea · 20 nay
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