ESHB 1329: Preventing utility shutoffs for nonpayment during extreme heat.

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, 2023
  64 yea · 31 nay · 3 not voting
• Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 10, 2023
  29 yea · 20 nay

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