SB650
Public utilities; water and sewerage companies, discounted rates for low-income customers.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 31, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Dave Marsden (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Public utilities; water and sewerage companies; discounted rates for low-income customers.
Provides that a public utility engaged in the business of furnishing water or sewerage facilities may propose and the State Corporation Commission may approve rates and tariff provisions that provide discounted service to customers with an annual household income equal to or less than the greater of (i) an amount ... (More) equal to 80 percent of the median income of the area in which the household is located, as reported by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and (ii) 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level. The bill permits the utility to recover the costs of providing such discounted service through its rates for other customer classes. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/14/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103786D
- 01/14/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB650)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (11-Y 4-N)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 02/17/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/24/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/24/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/24/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 03/02/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 03/03/2026 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
- 03/03/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26109086D-H1
- 03/05/2026 - House: Read second time
- 03/06/2026 - House: Read third time
- 03/06/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 03/06/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 03/06/2026 - House: Passed House with substitute (63-Y 34-N 1-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (23-Y 17-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/24/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB650)
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB650ER)
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/31/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/31/2026 - Senate: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
- 03/31/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
