Skip to content

Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 1080

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: restricting local regulation of utility service based on the type or source of energy. (FE)

County Energy conservation Municipality Public utility

  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

This bill prohibits a city, village, town, or county from placing any restriction

on the connection or reconnection of a utility service based on the type or source of

energy to be provided. The bill also prohibits a city, village, town, or county from

discriminating against a public utility based in whole or in part on the nature or

source of the utility service to be provided to a consumer within the political

subdivision. The bill provides that it does not affect the authority of a city, village,

town, or county to either 1) manage or operate a public utility; or 2) take steps

designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from facilities and operations of the

city, village, town, or county, including purchasing renewable energy.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Brooks (R) , Dallman (R) , Gundrum (R) , Horlacher (R) , Kitchens (R) , Knodl (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Kurtz (R) , Macco (R) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , Plumer (R) , Snyder (R) , Sortwell (R) , Steffen (R) , Steineke (R) , Swearingen (R) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R) , Tusler (R) , Vorpagel (R) , Wittke (R) , Zimmerman (R)

9 cosponsors

Bradley (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Feyen (R) , Jacque (R) , Murphy (R) , Petrowski (R) , Roth (R) , Stroebel (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Full history

  1. Mar 7, 2022 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Knodl, Kuglitsch, Armstrong, Brooks, Dallman, Gundrum, Horlacher, Kitchens, Kurtz, Macco, Moses, Mursau, Plumer, Snyder, Sortwell, Steffen, Steineke, Swearingen, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, Vorpagel, Wittke and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Bradley, Jacque, Felzkowski, Feyen, Petrowski, Roth, Stroebel and Wanggaard

  2. Mar 7, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities

  3. Mar 10, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Murphy added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  5. Mar 18, 2022 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received