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House panel approves bills blocking local bans on natural gas and propane hookups
Summary
The House Election Finance and Government Operations Committee recommended passage of two related bills that would prevent local governments from prohibiting natural gas or propane hookups in new residential construction, advancing both measures to the Housing Committee after close 6–5 votes.
The House Election Finance and Government Operations Committee on March 3 recommended passage of two related bills that would bar local governments from banning natural gas or propane hookups in new residential construction and forwarded both measures to the House Housing Committee after separate 6–5 roll-call votes.
Representative Shane Mecklen, sponsor of House File 484, told the committee the bill is intended to preserve “affordable and reliable fuel source options” for home construction and to protect consumer choice for heating during cold weather. Mecklen said the measure responds to a national movement by some cities and counties to prohibit new natural gas hookups and that the bill would preempt local prohibitions.
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