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SF 2438Died when the session ended · March 10, 2026

Relating to city utilities including landlord notification, and including effective date provisions

Sponsored by the Senate Local Government Committee

Topics:Cities & counties

Same legislation: SSB 3128

Also covers SSB 3128.

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Progress

  1. Introduced
    February 10, 2026
  2. Subcommittee
    February 16, 2026
  3. Committee
    February 19, 2026
  4. Passed Senate
    March 10, 2026 · 45–0
  5. Passed House
    —
  6. Signed
    —

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What’s in it

Under current law, a city utility or enterprise service to a property or premises shall not be discontinued or disconnected unless prior written notice is sent by mail to the account holder in whose name the delinquent rates were incurred. If the account holder is a tenant, and if the owner or landlord of the property or premises has made a written request for notice, the notice shall also be sent to the owner or landlord. In the event that the account holder is a tenant, this bill eliminates the provision requiring the owner or landlord of the property to make a written request for notice.

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The bill requires the notice to be given to the owner or landlord when the tenant is days delinquent on payment, and at least days before the utility is discontinued or disconnected. Under current law, when a landlord has given written notice to the city utility or enterprise that a property is residential rental property and that the tenant is liable for the rates or charges for certain utilities, the property is exempt from a lien for delinquent rates or charges associated with the utility. The bill includes as acceptable written notice a form completed online, or sent by electronic mail, through the mail, or by facsimile transmission.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Changed since by amendment S-5066; see Amendments. Full bill text

Amendments · 1

1 adopted · 0 failed. Newest first.

  • S-5066 · filed March 4, 2026
    Adopted
    March 10, 2026

History

All 16 actions
2026 session · second year of the 91st General Assembly
March 18, 2026
Subcommittee recommends passage.
March 12, 2026
Subcommittee: Watkins, Croken and Golding. H.J. 667. Journal
March 12, 2026
Read first time, referred to Local Government. H.J. 639. Journal
March 10, 2026
Passed Senate, yeas 45, nays 0. S.J. 542. Journal
February 23, 2026
Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 370. Journal
February 23, 2026
Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 357. Journal
February 19, 2026
As SSB 3128: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2438.
February 16, 2026
As SSB 3128: Subcommittee recommends passage.
February 10, 2026
As SSB 3128: Subcommittee: Bousselot, Driscoll, and Quirmbach.
February 10, 2026
As SSB 3128: Introduced, referred to Local Government.

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Lobbyist declarations

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