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Missouri Senate returns Senate Bill 4 to informal calendar after pipeline-assessment chapter removed
Summary
Senate Bill 4, a proposal to change provisions governing gas utilities, was sent back to the informal calendar after senators removed a chapter on pipeline assessments. Sponsor Sen. Mike Sirpoy and Sen. Tracy McCreery both spoke during floor debate; the bill is one of three utilities-related measures this session.
Senate Bill 4, a measure to modify and create provisions related to utilities — principally gas utilities — was returned to the Missouri Senate’s informal calendar after senators removed a chapter on pipeline assessments, Sen. Mike Sirpoy of Lee's Summit said.
“The pipeline assessment part, it's gone now. That entire chapter is out of the bill,” Sirpoy said on the floor, describing the change to colleagues.
Sen. Tracy McCreery of Saint Louis County said she opposed the bill’s original form and criticized the measure even after the change: “I think it's moved from a very terrible bill to just a bad bill. But there are some things in here that I think are gonna be helpful to consumers.”
Senate Bill 4 is one of three utility-related bills this legislative session; senators and staff identified Senate Bill 5 (water) and Senate Bill 6 (electricity) as companion measures under consideration. The bill was placed back on the informal calendar for future consideration; no final vote on passage was reported during the remarks captured in the transcript.
Floor remarks focused on the removal of the pipeline-assessment chapter and on general consumer implications raised by senators. The transcript does not specify further amendments, the full text of the revised bill, or a timetable for when the Senate will take the bill up again.
Reporting from the state capital, Dean Morgan documented the floor discussion and the bill’s scheduling status.
