Public Act 153 of 2009

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• Introduced by Rep. Dudley Spade (D) on March 19, 2009, to establish a system of automatic payments to utilities of heating bill payments to utilities for certain low income households subject to shutoff for nonpayment.
  • Referred to the House Energy and Technology Committee on March 19, 2009.
    • Reported in the House on March 31, 2009, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on March 31, 2009, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on March 31, 2009.
• Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 31, 2009, to establish a system of automatic payments to utilities of heating bill payments to energy providers for certain low income households subject to shutoff for nonpayment.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on April 2, 2009.
  • Referred to the Senate Energy Policy & Public Utilities Committee on April 2, 2009.
    • Reported in the Senate on September 21, 2009, with the recommendation that the bill pass.
• Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on November 10, 2009, to establish a system of automatic payments to utilities of heating bill payments to energy providers for certain low income households subject to shutoff for nonpayment.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on November 20, 2009.