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HB 1073 Enacted

Advanced leak detection technologies; SCC shall establish standards for use by certain facilities.

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State Corporation Commission; pipeline leak detection and repair standards. Directs the State Corporation Commission to promulgate regulations establishing standards for the use of pipeline leak detection technologies for intrastate natural gas distribution facilities operated by certain utilities, as informed by a federal rulemaking on gas pipeline safety. The provisions of the bill and any such regulations shall expire upon the effective date of any final rule under the federal rulemaking on gas pipeline safety.

Chamber
House
Introduced
Jan 14, 2026
Last action
Apr 8, 2026 — Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0446)
Session
2026
Momentum
84 · Very high