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An Act providing for utility shutoff protections during periods of extreme heat

Filed by Joanne M. Comerford  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S2612  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD2758

8 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-03-20SenateReferred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently
2025-05-05SenateRules suspended
2025-05-05SenateReferred to the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy
2025-09-18HouseHouse concurred
2025-11-03JointHearing scheduled for 11/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2025-11-04JointHearing rescheduled to 11/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2 and Virtual. Hearing location changed
2025-12-08SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2026-06-25SenateAccompanied H5175

1 committee vote

Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy (J)  ·  2025-11-25 15:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 6

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-11-13Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy (J)B-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Suspend RulesRules (J)
FavorableTelecommunications, Utilities and Energy (J)
AccompaniedWays and Means (S)

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.