Massachusetts 190th Legislature (2017-2018) Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 36 D · 7 R cosponsors

H 2683 — An Act relative to protecting consumers of gas and electricity from paying for leaked and unaccounted for gas

Last action — Accompanied a study order, see H4651

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 190th Legislature (2017-2018). It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

By Ms. Barber of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2683) of Christine P. Barber and others relative to the payment by ratepayers for gas and electricity use of lost and unaccounted for gas. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

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Action History

  1. Accompanied a study order, see H4651

  2. Hearing scheduled for 10/26/2017 from 10:00 AM-03:00 PM in A-2

  3. Senate concurred

  4. Referred to the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 80 co-sponsors · 123 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (80)

Not signed on (123)

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Frequently asked questions

What does H 2683 do?
By Ms. Barber of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2683) of Christine P. Barber and others relative to the payment by ratepayers for gas and electricity use of lost and unaccounted for gas. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.
Who sponsors H 2683?
H 2683 is sponsored by Christine P. Barber (Democrat), James B. Eldridge (Democrat), José F. Tosado, Carmine Lawrence Gentile (Democrat), Edward F. Coppinger, Denise Provost, Jack Patrick Lewis (Democrat), Steven S. Howitt (Republican), Leonard Mirra, Jason M. Lewis (Democrat), Ruth B. Balser, Steven Ultrino (Democrat), Lori A. Ehrlich, Sarah K. Peake, Marjorie C. Decker (Democrat), Louis L. Kafka, Cory Atkins, Thomas P. Walsh (Democrat), Jonathan Hecht, Dylan A. Fernandes (Democrat), Natalie M. Higgins (Democrat), Brian M. Ashe (Democrat), John W. Scibak, Michelle M. DuBois (Democrat), Jennifer E. Benson, Kay Khan, Mike Connolly (Democrat), Tricia Farley-Bouvier (Democrat), Barbara A. L'Italien, Kenneth I. Gordon (Democrat), Paul R. Heroux, Brendan P. Crighton (Democrat), Patrick M. O'Connor (Republican), Russell E. Holmes (Democrat), Paul Tucker, Paul W. Mark (Democrat), David F. DeCoste (Republican), Solomon Goldstein-Rose, Joan Meschino (Democrat), Jay D. Livingstone (Democrat), Gailanne M. Cariddi, Adrian C. Madaro (Democrat), Jay R. Kaufman, Daniel Cullinane, Joan B. Lovely (Democrat), Mary S. Keefe (Democrat), Carolyn C. Dykema, Paul Brodeur, David Paul Linsky (Democrat), Daniel M. Donahue (Democrat), Kimberly N. Ferguson (Republican), Sean Garballey (Democrat), Walter F. Timilty, Danielle W. Gregoire (Democrat), Stephen Kulik, Patricia A. Haddad, Daniel J. Ryan (Democrat), Linda Dean Campbell, Bruce E. Tarr (Republican), Kathleen O'Connor Ives, Smitty Pignatelli, Colleen M. Garry (Democrat), Geoff Diehl, Byron Rushing, Patricia D. Jehlen (Democrat), Hannah Kane (Republican), Elizabeth A. Malia, Peter V. Kocot, David M. Rogers (Democrat), Alice Hanlon Peisch (Democrat), Jeffrey Sánchez, Paul McMurtry (Democrat), Paul K. Frost (Republican), Shaunna L. O'Connell, Paul A. Schmid, III, Thomas M. Stanley (Democrat), William C. Galvin (Democrat), Thomas J. Calter, Linda Dorcena Forry, and James R. Miceli.
What is the current status of H 2683?
This bill died with 190th Legislature (2017-2018). It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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