HR 9013
Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2019
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Bill overview
This bill, the Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2019, aims to protect people filing for bankruptcy from having their utilities shut off due to unpaid bills. It allows individual bankruptcy debtors to keep their utilities running if they pay their utility debts within 20 days of filing for bankruptcy and continue to pay their utility bills as they become due during the bankruptcy case. The bill modifies bankruptcy law to ensure that utility service isn’t terminated solely because of a person’s financial difficulties.
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Henry C. "Hank," Jr. Johnson
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