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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 78

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Relating to: lead service line replacements. (FE)

Discrimination Housing Public health Public service commission Waterworks

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, 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 provides that it is not unjust, unreasonable, insufficient, unfairly

discriminatory, or preferential or otherwise unreasonable or unlawful for a water

public utility to provide financial assistance to a customer solely for replacing service

lines containing lead if the financial assistance is allowed by local ordinance. The

bill also provides that the water public utility may provide financial assistance for

the replacement of a service line containing lead only if the portion of the service line

for which the utility is responsible and the water main that are connected to the

customer's service line either do not contain lead or are replaced at the same time

as the customer's service line is to be replaced. Under the bill, if a water public utility

provides financial assistance for replacing service lines containing lead, the Public

Service Commission must include the cost of providing that financial assistance in

its determination of water rates.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Anderson (D) , Barca (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Crowley (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Fields (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Horlacher (R) , Jagler (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kolste (D) , Krug (R) , Mason (D) , Novak (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Ripp (R) , Schraa (R) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Stuck (D) , Subeck (D) , Tauchen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R) , Zamarripa (D) , Zepnick (D)

23 cosponsors

Berceau (D) , Bewley (D) , Billings and Bernier , C. Larson (D) , Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Darling (R) , Feyen (R) , Hansen (D) , Harsdorf (R) , Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Lasee (R) , Miller (D) , Olsen (R) , Petrowski (R) , Pope (D) , Riemer (D) , Risser (D) , Shankland (D) , Vinehout (D) , Vukmir (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 4 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 8, Noes 7

Passed 8–7 Jun 20, 2017 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 10, Noes 5

Passed 10–5 Jun 20, 2017 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 12, Noes 3

Passed 12–3 Jun 20, 2017 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. Feb 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Krug, Genrich, Crowley, Barca, Bowen, E. Brooks, Brostoff, Fields, Goyke, Horlacher, Jagler, Kitchens, Kolste, Mason, Novak, Ohnstad, Ripp, Schraa, Spiros, Spreitzer, Steffen, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Tauchen, Tusler, Zamarripa, Zepnick, Anderson and Allen; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, L. Taylor, Bewley, Carpenter, Darling, Feyen, Harsdorf, Johnson, Lasee, Miller, Olsen, Petrowski, Risser, Vinehout, Vukmir, Hansen, Wanggaard and C. Larson

  2. Feb 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities

  3. Mar 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Berceau added as a coauthor

  5. Mar 15, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Riemer added as a coauthor

  6. Mar 30, 2017 · Assembly

    Representatives Billings and Bernier added as coauthors

  7. Apr 12, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Thiesfeldt

  8. Apr 18, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  9. Apr 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Pope added as a coauthor

  10. May 10, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Shankland added as a coauthor

  11. May 31, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Petersen

  12. May 31, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Petersen

  13. Jun 8, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Thiesfeldt

  14. Jun 13, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 4 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Thiesfeldt

  15. Jun 13, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  16. Jun 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 4 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 8, Noes 7

  17. Jun 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 10, Noes 5

  18. Jun 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 12, Noes 3

  19. Jun 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  20. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1