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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 700

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Relating to: prohibiting sales or leases of municipal water or sewer utilities to investor-owned utilities.

Municipality Municipality — Annexation Public utility Sanitation and sewerage management Waterworks Weather

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

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill prohibits a town, village, or city from selling or leasing to an

investor-owned public utility any plant or portion of a plant used to provide water

or sewer service.

Sponsors

Introduced by: C. Larson (D) , Carpenter (D) , Harris Dodd (D) , Lassa (D) , Risser (D) , Wirch (D)

16 cosponsors

Barnes (D) , Berceau (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Hebl (D) , Johnson (D) , Kessler (D) , Mason (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stuck (D) , Young (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 3, 2016 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators C. Larson, Lassa, Carpenter, Risser, Wirch and Harris Dodd; cosponsored by Representatives Stuck, Brostoff, Mason, Sargent, Young, Barnes, Genrich, Pope, Berceau, Kessler, Sinicki, Johnson, Ohnstad, Goyke and Hebl

  2. Feb 3, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Public Works, and Military Affairs

  3. Feb 8, 2016 · Senate

    Representative C. Taylor added as a cosponsor

  4. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1