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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 302

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Relating to: meter installation or replacement projects by water utilities. (FE)

Administrative rules Public service commission Public utility Sanitation and sewerage management Waterworks

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill exempts water public utilities from needing a certificate of authority

issued by the Public Service Commission before beginning certain projects related

to installing or replacing customer meters. Specifically, under the bill, a water public

utility or a combined water and sewer public utility does not need to obtain a

certificate of authority from PSC before beginning a project to install or replace

meters that measure service to customers if the estimated average annual cost of the

project is not more than $250,000 or 25 percent of the utility's operating revenues in

the year before the project is started, whichever is less. Current law generally

requires utilities to obtain a certificate of authority from PSC before engaging in

certain construction, installation, or improvement projects.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Snodgrass (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , VanderMeer (R)

7 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Cowles (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Marklein (R) , Rozar (R) , Testin (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Jun 16, 2021 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 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Jun 16, 2021 official source full page

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

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Utilities, Technology and Telecommunications, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Sep 22, 2021 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. May 3, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives VanderMeer, Moses, Murphy, Snodgrass, Thiesfeldt and Tittl; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, L. Taylor, Ballweg, Marklein, Testin and Wanggaard

  2. May 3, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities

  3. May 19, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. May 24, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative VanderMeer

  5. May 25, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Jun 3, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  8. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  9. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-22-2021 by Committee on Rules

  11. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  13. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  15. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  16. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Rozar added as a coauthor

  17. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Jun 22, 2021 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  19. Jun 24, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Utilities, Technology and Telecommunications

  20. Aug 26, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  21. Sep 16, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  22. Sep 22, 2021 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Utilities, Technology and Telecommunications, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  23. Sep 22, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  24. Sep 24, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 9-28-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  25. Sep 28, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  26. Sep 28, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  27. Sep 28, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  28. Sep 28, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  29. Sep 28, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  30. Sep 28, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  31. Oct 4, 2021 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 10-4-2021

  32. Nov 2, 2021 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 11-2-2021

  33. Nov 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 11-5-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 86

  34. Nov 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Published 11-6-2021