2026 Regular Session
HB3883
Cities and towns; public utility; system malfunctions; liability; third-party contractors; effective date.
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Partner positions
Dislikes
No. stop giving liabiity exemptions to cities! 2. No community public utility system, including its contract operator, shall be liable under this act, for violations or alleged noncompliance that occurred or arose under a prior owner or operator. To maintain liability protections under this provision, Req. No. 14418 Page 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 the community public utility system or its contract operator shall implement a detailed plan, approved by the Department of Environmental Quality, to return the system to full compliance. Liability protections shall remain in place for the duration of the approved plan. SECTION 2. Thi
Recorded floor votes
2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
February 11, 2026 · House
House: County and Municipal Government Committee: DO PASS
Passed
7 yea–0 nay
March 3, 2026 · House
House: Government Oversight Committee: DO PASS
Passed
12 yea–0 nay
Committee referrals
February 3, 2026 · House
Government Oversight
February 3, 2026 · House
County and Municipal Government
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House Authored by Senator Mann (principal Senate author)
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House CR; Do Pass Government Oversight Committee View roll call
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House Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass County and Municipal Government View roll call
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House Referred to County and Municipal Government
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House Second Reading referred to Government Oversight
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House Authored by Representative Cantrell
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House First Reading