Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Rules Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3666
Requires an electric public utility to apply for a wildfire safety certification.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: Makes a power company apply to the PUC to show that the company carries out wildfire safety. Allows COUs to apply. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2). Requires an electric public utility to apply for a wildfire safety certification. Allows a consumer-owned utility to apply for a wildfire safety certification. Directs the Public Utility Commission to issue a certification if the applicant has and implements, as applicable, a wildfire protection plan or wildfire mitigation plan and meets certain requirements. Establishes a statutory presumption that a utility that has been issued a wildfire safety certification is acting reasonably with regard to wildfire safety practices and materially consistent with the utility's wildfire protection plan or wildfire mitigation plan. Provides that a certification is valid for 12 months. Declares legislative findings with regard to human-caused wildfires and utilities.
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
Chief co-sponsor
2 co-sponsors
Its course
February 25 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 action10 actions on 8 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 25 to Jun 27 · stopped122 days
Waiting for a committeeFeb 25 to Feb 272 days
Climate, Energy, and EnvironmentFeb 27 to Mar 56 days
JudiciaryMar 5 to Apr 1137 days
RulesApr 11 to Jun 27 · stopped77 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 Feb 25 – Jun 27
- Feb 25Introduced
- Feb 27Sent to Climate, Energy, and Environment
- Mar 4Heard in Climate, Energy, and Environment
- Mar 5Climate, Energy, and Environment reported it without a recommendation, and that it go to Judiciary
- Sent to Judiciary
- Mar 18Heard in Judiciary
- Apr 7Heard in Judiciary
- Apr 11Judiciary reported it without a recommendation, and that it go to Rules
- Sent to Rules
- Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 10 actions, as published
- Feb 25First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Feb 27Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment.House of Representatives
- Mar 4Work Session held.House of Representatives
- Mar 5Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Judiciary.House of Representatives
- Mar 5Referred to Judiciary by order of Speaker.House of Representatives
- Mar 18Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
- Apr 7Work Session held.House of Representatives
- Apr 11Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules.House of Representatives
- Apr 11Referred to Rules by order of Speaker.House of Representatives
- Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives