An Act to ensure the safety and soundness of the Commonwealth’s natural gas infrastructure
Bill Information
Bill Information
- Sponsor:
- Charles D. Baker
Emergency Preamble
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to to require that professional engineers approve engineering plans developed by or on behalf of gas companies, which is immediately necessary to ensure the safe construction, operation and maintenance of gas infrastructure and to accomplish other important public purposes, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public safety.
Bill History
| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 11/21/2018 | House | Referred to the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy |
| 11/29/2018 | Senate | Senate concurred |
| 12/17/2018 | House | Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means |
| 12/20/2018 | House | Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill, see H5005 |
| 12/20/2018 | House | Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending |
| 12/20/2018 | House | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending |
| 12/20/2018 | House | Rules suspended |
| 12/20/2018 | House | Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) |
| 12/20/2018 | House | New draft substituted, see H5005 |
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