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HR 9013 116th Congress House

Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2019

Official title: To amend title 11 of the United States Code to dispense with the requirement of providing assurance of payment for utility services under certain circumstances.

Introduced: December 17, 2020 Introduced by: Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector BankruptcyPublic utilities and utility rates
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 17, 2020
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 Latest action December 17, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2019

This bill specifies that an individual bankruptcy debtor may not be required to furnish a security deposit to maintain utility services if the debtor pays specified debts owed to the utility within a certain time frame.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9013: Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-9013/
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"H.R. 9013: Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-9013/.
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H.R. 9013, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-9013/.
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