BILL · 2023–24 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5366

SB 5366: Utility shutoffs/heat

Preventing utility shutoffs for nonpayment during extreme heat.

Summary

Prohibits utilities or landlords from involuntarily terminating electric or water utility service for nonpayment to residential users on any day when the National Weather Service has issued or announced that it intends to issue a heat-related alert.
Requires electric and water utilities and landlords to promptly make a reasonable attempt to reconnect service to a dwelling disconnected for nonpayment upon request from a residential user when the heat-related alert is issued, and authorizes utilities and landlords to require the residential user to enter into a payment plan prior to reconnecting service to the dwelling.

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Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor

AN ACT Relating to preventing utility shutoffs for nonpayment during extreme heat;

No recorded floor votes.

Jan 8, 2024By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5366)
Jan 8, 2024By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Mar 10, 2023Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 5366)
Mar 10, 2023Senate Rules "X" file.
Feb 13, 2023Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 5366)
Feb 13, 2023Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Feb 10, 2023ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5366)
Feb 10, 2023Minority; do not pass. (SSB 5366)
Feb 10, 2023Minority; do not pass.
Feb 10, 2023ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 13, 2023First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5366 (2025–26) Victim of rape/pregnancy · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5366 (2021–22) Building materials · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5366 (2019–20) Urban centers/multiple-units · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5366 (2017–18) DOT advertising activities · Enacted · Chapter 157, Laws of 2017
SB 5366 (2015–16) Ecology policies enforcement · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5366 (2013–14) Required assessmnt info/OSPI · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5366 (2011–12) Off-road vehicles · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5366 (2009–10) Cigarette & tobacco licenses · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor