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Underground facilities
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES DAMAGE PREVENTION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding underground facilities damage prevention.

RS30467 / H0235

Under current damage prevention statute there is not a definition for, or direction about how to handle an emergency excavation. This legislation further defines "emergency" (relative to this chapter of law), "emergency excavation" and "notice of emergency excavation," and establishes a process for underground facility owners to handle an emergency excavation. It also extends the length of time a maintained surface-marking for utility facilities is valid from 3 weeks to 4 weeks.

This legislation causes no additional expenditure of funds at the state or local level of government nor does it cause an increase or decrease in revenue for state or local government therefore the legislation has no fiscal impact.

Bill Events
Date Description
02/28 Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
03/01 Reported Printed and Referred to Environment, Energy & Technology
03/02 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
03/03 Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
03/07 Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2
AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS – None
Absent – Green, Nash
Floor Sponsor - Lanting
Title apvd - to Senate
03/08 Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources
03/16 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
03/17 Read second time; filed for Third Reading
03/24 Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Jones(Rabe), Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Zuiderveld
NAYS – None
Absent and excused – Ricks
Floor Sponsor - Harris
Title apvd - to House
03/28 Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
Signed by President; returned to House
03/29 Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
Delivered to Governor at 9:40 a.m. on March 29, 2023
03/31 Reported Signed by Governor on March 29, 2023
Session Law Chapter 191
Effective: 07/01/2023
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