Bills › 90th General Assembly

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 21, 2023
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 21, 2023
  3. Done: House committeeMarch 1, 2023
  4. Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 601
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Became HF 601 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 601 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to rate increase notice requirements for public utilities. _____ application with the Iowa utilities board for the proposed rate or charge increase. The bill provides that a notice relating to rate increase information shall include an estimate of the bill impact for a typical customer, an explanation of the Iowa utilities board’s rate increase review process, and that the customer has a right to file an objection and request a public hearing. The bill provides that written notice of the increase shall be delivered in the same method that the customer elects to receive bills and other communications from the utility.

Read the full explanation

The bill removes the requirement that the Iowa utilities board prescribe the manner and method that the notice is to be served.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text · What changed before it passed

House subcommittee

Named February 21, 2023. On February 27, 2023 it recommended amendment and passage. Vote Total: 2-0.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§476.6

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works

Lobbying

5 for · 3 against · 12 undecided · Who →

Family tree

Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

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