Senate Bill 646
Notice to public utility customers of potential and final rate changes
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Nov 9, 2023
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Utilities and Technology. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, a public utility may not change the rates that it charges to customers without first applying to the Public Service Commission for approval of the change.
This bill requires a public utility that supplies gas or electricity to its customers to provide notice to those customers with their utility bills if the utility submits a rate change application to PSC or if the utility submits an amendment to such an application that would change a proposed rate by 1 percent or more. If PSC approves such a rate change, the bill also requires the public utility to provide notice of the rate change to customers with their utility bills. The bill requires the public utility to provide notice of a proposed or final rate change as an insert to a paper bill or in the email by which a digital bill is sent. The bill requires a notice of a proposed or final rate change to include a number of items, such as the impact of the rate change on customers, represented as a percentage increase or decrease and as a dollar increase or decrease for the average customer in each class of customers; the amount that a rate increase will generate in revenue annually for the public utility; and a comparison of current and proposed or new rates with average rates across the Midwest, as calculated by PSC. The bill also requires a notice of a proposed rate change to include information to facilitate consumer access to and public comments on the rate case.
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The bill requires the public utility to submit to PSC a copy of the notice and requires PSC to include it as a record in the docket. However, the bill allows PSC to require the public utility to provide a new notice if it determines the notice does not meet the requirements under the bill or is not easily comprehensible by a typical customer. The bill also requires the public utility to make the notice or a link to the notice available on the home page of its website or on a web page used by customers to view and pay bills online, or both, for at least 90 days beginning on the day the first notice is provided to customers.
Under the bill, PSC may not open a public comment period or issue a final decision on a proposed rate change until a copy of the required notice of an initial rate change application is submitted to PSC and may not close a public comment period or issue a final decision on a proposed rate change until a copy of the required notice of an amendment to such an application is submitted to PSC.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . All 5 are Republicans.
13 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (13)
- Samba Baldeh · Democrat, Assembly
- Chanz Green · Republican, Assembly
- Gus Gustafson · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Adam Neylon · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Nik Rettinger · Republican, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 9, 2023
Sent to the Senate Committee on Utilities and Technology.
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Nov 9, 2023
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Nov 9, 2023 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Cowles, Stroebel, Ballweg, Jacque and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Neylon, Gustafson, Tittl, Baldeh, Green, Krug, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman, Rettinger, Rozar, Spiros and Tranel
- Nov 9, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities and Technology
- Apr 15, 2024 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor