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H1561 • 2025

An Act requiring notice to landlords relating to gas or electric shutoffs

An Act requiring notice to landlords relating to gas or electric shutoffs

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Sponsor
Jeffrey N. Roy
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act requiring notice to landlords relating to gas or electric shutoffs

An Act requiring notice to landlords relating to gas or electric shutoffs By Representative Roy of Franklin, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act requiring notice to landlords relating to gas or electric shutoffs By Representative Roy of Franklin, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1561) of Jeffrey N.
  • Roy relative to requiring notices to landlords relating to gas or electric shutoffs.
  • Housing.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  2. 2026-02-02 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-02-02 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2026-01-12 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  5. 2025-11-07 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/19/2025 from 11:00 AM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Housing

  7. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act requiring notice to landlords relating to gas or electric shutoffs
By Representative Roy of Franklin, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1561) of Jeffrey N. Roy relative to requiring notices to landlords relating to gas or electric shutoffs. Housing.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.1561

Section 124 of Chapter 164 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word "relates" the following new paragraph:

When a tenant is the customer of record, a gas or electric company must provide notice of delinquent charges to the owner of a rental dwelling unit if the owner notifies the gas or electric company in writing that a property served by the gas or electric company is a residential rental property, asks to be notified of a tenant's delinquency, and has provided, in writing, a complete and accurate mailing address. The gas or electric company shall serve notice of the delinquent charges to the owner of the rental dwelling unit within 14 days of the date on which the tenant's charges became past due. If the tenant seeks to terminate a service agreement at the rental dwelling unit or in the absence of a duly constituted customer of record, a gas or electric company must provide notice of the proposed termination of service to the owner of a rental dwelling unit if the owner notifies the gas or electric company in writing that a property served by the gas or electric company is a residential rental property, asks to be notified of a tenant's delinquency, and has provided, in writing, a complete and accurate mailing address. The gas or electric company shall serve notice of the proposed termination or absence of a duly constituted customer of record to the owner of the rental dwelling unit 14 days prior to any scheduled termination of service.

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