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H3517 • 2025

An Act relative to replacement plans

An Act relative to replacement plans

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Sponsor
John J. Lawn, Jr.
Last action
2026-03-30
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 relative to replacement plans

An Act relative to replacement plans By Representative Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to replacement plans By Representative Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3517) of John J.
  • Lawn, Jr., relative to alternate gas meter replacement plans.
  • Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-30 House

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

  2. 2026-03-30 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-03-30 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2026-03-23 House

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

  5. 2025-12-04 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026

  6. 2025-11-04 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 11/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2 and Virtual Hearing location changed

  7. 2025-11-03 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  8. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

  9. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to replacement plans
By Representative Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3517) of John J. Lawn, Jr., relative to alternate gas meter replacement plans. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3517

Section 115A of Chapter 164 of the general laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding, in the first paragraph after the words "in accordance with law", the following:-; provided however, that a gas company or municipal lighting plant may petition the department for approval of an alternate gas meter replacement plan and the department may approve such an alternate gas meter replacement plan and the department may approve such an alternate plan upon a determination that the plan is consistent with the public interest.

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