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• Introduced by Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on March 19, 2009, to require utilities to give customers an opportunity to identify a third party who should be notified if the customer’s service is shut off for nonpayment of bills.
  • 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-3) 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 108 to 2 in the House on March 31, 2009.
  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.