An Act ensuring the safety and soundness of the commonwealth’s natural gas infrastructure
Bill Information
Bill Information
- Sponsor:
- House Committee on Ways and Means
Emergency Preamble
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 12/20/2018 | House | Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means |
| 12/20/2018 | House | Pending new draft of H4979 |
| 12/20/2018 | House | New draft of H4979 |
| 12/20/2018 | House | Ordered to a third reading |
| 12/20/2018 | House | Rules suspended |
| 12/20/2018 | House | Read third and passed to be engrossed |
| 12/27/2018 | Senate | Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed |
| 12/27/2018 | House | Emergency preamble adopted |
| 12/27/2018 | Senate | Emergency preamble adopted |
| 12/28/2018 | House | Enacted |
| 12/31/2018 | Senate | Enacted and laid before the Governor |
| 12/31/2018 | Executive | Signed by the Governor, Chapter 339 of the Acts of 2018 |
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