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• Introduced by Rep. Andy Coulouris (D) on March 19, 2009, to require utilities to make efforts to determine whether a customer is a senior citizens before shutting off service 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-1) 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 109 to 1 in the House on March 31, 2009, to require utilities to make efforts to determine whether a customer is a senior citizens before shutting off service for nonpayment of bills.
  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.