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.
What it does: <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. (official summary)
Question before the chamber: Third reading. Carried by Gamba. Passed.
The tally
Yes 32 · No 22 · Not voting 5
Bar: green = yes, brown = no, striped = not voting.
| Party | Yes | No | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democrats | 32 | 2 | 2 |
| Republicans | 0 | 20 | 3 |
Most Democrats voted yes; most Republicans voted no. 2 members voted against their party’s majority.
Voted against their party’s majority
- Cyrus JavadiD32No
- Ken HelmD27No
The full roll (59)
Yes 32
- Andrea ValderramaD47
- April DobsonD39
- Ben BowmanD25
- Dacia GrayberD28
- Daniel NguyenD38
- David GombergD10
- Em LevyD53
- Farrah ChaichiD35
- Hai PhamD36
- Jason KropfD54
- John LivelyD7
- Jules WaltersD37
- Julie FaheyD14
- Lesly MuñozD22
- Lisa FragalaD8
- Mari WatanabeD34
- Mark GambaD41
- Nancy NathansonD13
- Nathan SosaD30
- Pam MarshD5
- Paul EvansD20
- Ricki RuizD50
- Rob NosseD42
- Sarah McDonaldD16
- Shannon IsadoreD33
- Susan McLainD29
- Tawna SanchezD43
- Thuy TranD45
- Tom AndersenD19
- Travis NelsonD44
- Willy ChotzenD46
- Zach HudsonD49
No 22
- Alek SkarlatosR4
- Anna ScharfR23
- Bobby LevyR58
- Boomer WrightR9
- Court BoiceR1
- Cyrus JavadiD32
- Darcey EdwardsR31
- Dwayne YunkerR3
- Ed DiehlR17
- Emily McIntireR56
- Greg SmithR57
- Jami CateR11
- Ken HelmD27
- Kevin MannixR21
- Lucetta ElmerR24
- Mark OwensR60
- Rick LewisR18
- Shelly DavisR15
- Vikki Breese IversonR59
- Virgle OsborneR2
- Werner ReschkeR55
- Former memberR
Not voting 5
- Annessa HartmanD40
- Darin HarbickR12
- Jeff HelfrichR52
- Kim WallanR6
- Former memberD
“Not voting” is a recorded non-vote, not a reason for the absence. Parties come from public rosters; how we count.