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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

AB 201

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regulation of geothermal well drillers and granting rule-making authority.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) regulates, and

issues business registrations and individual licenses for, well drillers. DNR requires

well drilling businesses to be registered, and individual well drillers to be licensed,

in order to engage in certain ground excavation activities that are undertaken for the

purpose of obtaining groundwater for human consumption.

This bill expands the current law regulating well drillers so that it also applies

to businesses and individuals who engage in certain ground excavation activities

undertaken for the purpose of a geothermal heat exchange system.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Brooks (R) , Clark (D) , Petryk (R) , Spanbauer (R)

3 cosponsors

Kedzie (R) , Olsen (R) , Taylor (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adoption recommended by committee on Natural Resources, Ayes 16, Noes 0

Passed 16–0 Mar 9, 2012 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jul 19, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives A. Ott, Brooks, Clark, Petryk and Spanbauer;Cosponsored by Senators Kedzie, Olsen and Taylor

  2. Jul 19, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Natural Resources

  3. Aug 12, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Nov 22, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative A. Ott

  5. Dec 13, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jan 4, 2012 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly

    Assembly substitute amendment 2 offered by Representative A. Ott

  8. Mar 7, 2012 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Mar 9, 2012 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Mar 9, 2012 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 2 offered by Representative A. Ott

  11. Mar 9, 2012 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adoption recommended by committee on Natural Resources, Ayes 16, Noes 0

  12. Mar 9, 2012 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Natural Resources, Ayes 16, Noes 0

  13. Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1