Missouri 2024 Regular Session Status: Died 1 R cosponsors

HB 1538 — Codifies the public service commission's cold weather shut off moratorium for all electric and gas utilities in the state

Last action — Referred: General Laws(H)

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This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. 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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This bill amends 1 section(s) of the Missouri Revised Statutes: Section 393.1680, RSMo.

  • Section 393.1680, RSMo

    including all residential tenants of apartment buildings, for nonpayment of bills where gas or electricity is used as the source of space heating or to control or operate the only space heating equipment is prohibited: (1) On any day when the National Weather Service local forecast between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. for the following twenty-four hours predicts that the temperature will drop below thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit; (2) On any day when utility personnel will not be available to reconnect utility service during the immediately succeeding day and the National Weather Service local forecast between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. predicts that the temperature during the period of unavailability will drop below thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit; or (3) From November first through March thirty-first for any registered low- income disabled customer, provided that such customer has entered into a cold weather rule payment plan, made the initial payment required by rule, and has made and continues to make payments during the effective period that are at a minimum the lesser of fifty percent of the actual bill for usage in that billing period or the levelized payment amount agreed to in the cold weather payment plan. Such reductions in payment bold-face amounts may be recovered by adjusting the customer's subsequent levelized payment amounts for the months following March thirty-first. 2. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a utility from establishing a higher temperature threshold below which it will not discontinue utility service.

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Action History

  1. Referred: General Laws(H)

  2. Read Second Time (H)

  3. Read First Time (H)

  4. Prefiled (H)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 1538?
HB 1538 is sponsored by Jeff Coleman (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 1538?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. 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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