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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 573

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Relating to: allowing persons to charge fees for the use of electric vehicle charging stations and the installation and operation of electric vehicle charging stations by the Department of Transportation or a political subdivision.

Electricity Motor vehicle Municipality Public utility State agencies Studies Transportation department of — Vehicles

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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 allows a person to charge a fee to users who park an electric vehicle

near the person's charging station. Under the bill, the fee charged for parking near

the charging station must be a flat fee or be based on the amount of time the user is

parked near or connected to the station or on the amount of electricity used. The bill

also prohibits electric utilities and electric cooperatives from restricting customers

from charging a fee to users who park near or connect to the customers' charging

stations. Additionally, the bill specifies that a person who owns, operates, manages,

leases, or controls a charging station is not a public utility if the person does not

otherwise provide electricity to others for a fee.

The bill also prohibits a political subdivision from owning, operating,

managing, leasing, or controlling a charging facility that is available to the public

unless authorized by the governing body of the political subdivision and prohibits the

Department of Transportation from authorizing the installation or operation of a

charging facility that is available to the public or located at a wayside unless the

department submits to the Joint Committee on Finance a request for authorization

to install or operate the charging facility and the Joint Committee on Finance

approves the request.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bernier (R) , Cowles (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Pfaff (D) , Roth (R)

18 cosponsors

Born (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Doyle (D) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Gundrum (R) , Knodl (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , Neylon (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Petryk (R) , Spiros (R) , Tauchen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , VanderMeer (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 3 recommended by Committee on Utilities, Technology and Telecommunications, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Feb 11, 2022 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Utilities, Technology and Telecommunications, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Feb 11, 2022 official source full page

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

Senate: PASSAGE

Passed 19–13 Feb 15, 2022 official source full page

Not voting · 1

Senate: Assembly Amendment 1 nonconcurred in, Ayes 31, Noes 0

Passed 31–0 Mar 8, 2022 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. Sep 24, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Cowles, Roth, Kooyenga, Bernier and Pfaff; cosponsored by Representatives VanderMeer, Neylon, Born, Kuglitsch, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Duchow, Gundrum, Moses, Mursau, Oldenburg, Spiros, Doyle, Knodl, Loudenbeck, Edming, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt and Petryk

  2. Sep 24, 2021 · Senate

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

  3. Dec 3, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cowles

  4. Dec 6, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senator Cowles

  5. Jan 25, 2022 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senator Cowles

  6. Feb 2, 2022 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  7. Feb 7, 2022 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senator Cowles

  8. Feb 10, 2022 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Senator Cowles

  9. Feb 11, 2022 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Utilities, Technology and Telecommunications, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  10. Feb 11, 2022 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Feb 11, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-15-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Feb 11, 2022 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  13. Feb 11, 2022 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 3 recommended by Committee on Utilities, Technology and Telecommunications, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  14. Feb 15, 2022 · Senate

    Read a second time

  15. Feb 15, 2022 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 3 adopted

  16. Feb 15, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Feb 15, 2022 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  18. Feb 15, 2022 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 13

  19. Feb 15, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Feb 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  21. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  22. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 8:30 AM on 2-23-2022 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29

  23. Feb 24, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Armstrong withdrawn as a cosponsor

  24. Feb 24, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  25. Feb 24, 2022 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kuglitsch

  26. Feb 24, 2022 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  27. Feb 24, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  28. Feb 24, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  29. Feb 24, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in as amended

  30. Feb 24, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  31. Feb 24, 2022 · Senate

    Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  32. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-8-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  33. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Assembly Amendment 1 nonconcurred in, Ayes 31, Noes 0

  34. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  35. Mar 9, 2022 · Assembly

    Received from Senate: Assembly Amendment 1 nonconcurred in

  36. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1