SB685 • 2025

Requires a natural gas utility to provide notice to each customer of the utility and the Public Utility Commission if the utility plans to increase the amount of hydrogen that the utility blends with natural gas and the ratio of the volume of hydrogen to the volume of natural gas will, for the first time, be greater than 2.5 percent.

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This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Senator Pham,, Golden, Senator Campos,, Gorsek,, Manning Jr,, Taylor,, Representative Chotzen,, Gamba,, Nosse,, Tran,, Walters,
Last action: 2025-06-23
Official status: Chapter Number Assigned
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The plain English breakdown is still being put together. The official documents below are already here.

Bill History

2025-06-23 Senate
Chapter 328, 2025 Laws.
2025-06-23 Senate
Effective date, June 16, 2025.
2025-06-16 Senate
Governor signed.
2025-06-09 House
Speaker signed.
2025-06-05 Senate
President signed.
2025-06-03 House
Third reading. Carried by Gamba. Passed. Ayes, 32; Nays, 22--Boice, Boshart Davis, Breese-Iverson, Cate, Diehl, Drazan, Edwards, Elmer, Helm, Javadi, Levy B, Lewis, Mannix, McIntire, Osborne, Owens, Reschke, Scharf, Skarlatos, Smith G, Wright, Yunker; Excused, 4--Hartman, Helfrich, Nguyen H, Wallan; Excused for Business of the House, 1--Harbick.
2025-06-02 House
Rules suspended. Carried over to June 3, 2025 Calendar.
2025-05-29 House
Rules suspended. Carried over to June 2, 2025 Calendar.
2025-05-28 House
Recommendation: Do pass.
2025-05-28 House
Second reading.
2025-05-22 House
Work Session held.
2025-05-06 House
Public Hearing held.
2025-04-24 House
Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment.
2025-04-22 Senate
Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. Ayes, 20; Nays, 9--Bonham, Girod, Linthicum, McLane, Nash, Robinson, Starr, Thatcher, Weber.
2025-04-22 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
2025-04-21 Senate
Carried over to 04-22 by unanimous consent.
2025-04-17 Senate
Second reading.
2025-04-16 Senate
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
2025-04-09 Senate
Work Session held.
2025-02-12 Senate
Public Hearing held.
2025-02-10 Senate
Public Hearing held.
2025-01-17 Senate
Referred to Energy and Environment.
2025-01-13 Senate
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Official Summary Text

<b>Digest: Makes a gas company give notice if the gas company plans to blend, for the first time, hydrogen with natural gas more than a certain amount. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.0).</b>
[<i>Digest: Makes a public utility that wants to make or carry out a project with hydrogen to first get approval from the PUC. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.4).</i>]
[<i>Requires a public utility to obtain authorization from the Public Utility Commission to develop or carry out a project that involves the production or use of hydrogen in this state. Provides criteria that the commission shall use to evaluate a proposed project.</i>]
<b>Requires a natural gas utility to provide notice to each customer of the utility and the Public Utility Commission if the utility plans to increase the amount of hydrogen that the utility blends with natural gas and the ratio of the volume of hydrogen to the volume of natural gas will, for the first time, be greater than 2.5 percent.
Requires a natural gas utility that has a program for blending hydrogen with natural gas to maintain on the utility's website information regarding the utility's program and how a customer may communicate with the utility about the utility's program.</b>
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Relating to: Relating to hydrogen; and declaring an emergency.
Current location: Chapter Number Assigned