Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Climate, Energy, and Environment Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3247
Requires an electric company to first acquire a replacement resource of reliable or dispatchable electricity prior to retiring an electric power generating facility that provides reliable or dispatchable electricity.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: Makes a power company have a new power source that meets certain standards before the company can close a power plant. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Requires an electric company to first acquire a replacement resource of reliable or dispatchable electricity prior to retiring an electric power generating facility that provides reliable or dispatchable electricity. Requires the Public Utility Commission to seek a waiver to, or if unable to obtain a waiver, seek an injunction against, any federal regulations or requirements that impose increasing costs to the maintenance or operation of an electric power generating facility such that an electric company seeks to retire the electric power generating facility. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
8 co-sponsors
E. Werner Reschke, Court Boice, Emily McIntire, Dwayne Yunker, Darin Harbick, Boomer Wright, Bobby Levy, Virgle Osborne
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 21 to June 27, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action4 actions on 4 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 21 to Jun 27 · stopped157 days
Waiting for a committeeJan 21 to Jan 243 days
Climate, Energy, and EnvironmentJan 24 to Jun 27 · stopped154 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 21 – Jun 27
- Jan 21Introduced
- Jan 24Sent to Climate, Energy, and Environment
- Mar 6Heard in Climate, Energy, and Environment
- Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 4 actions, as published
- Jan 21First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Jan 24Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment.House of Representatives
- Mar 6Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
- Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives