---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disclosure of sources of electrical generation."
description: "(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 162"
citation: "California AB 162 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disclosure of sources of electrical generation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruskin"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2009-01-27"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0446562f-ea0b-456a-ba96-af4e24a8ae76"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB162"
source_hash: "eabe6ea91b55de15e8942c2112c87b37bdf19f3ad7e183b122be59a05e6ef082"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 162 (20092010) — Disclosure of sources of electrical generation.

(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB162&version=20090AB16299INT)
2. **03/16/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB162&version=20090AB16298AMD)
3. **04/01/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB162&version=20090AB16297AMD)
4. **06/09/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB162&version=20090AB16296AMD)
5. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB162&version=20090AB16294CHP)
6. **AB162** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB162)
7. **08/31/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB162&version=20090AB16295ENR)

## Votes

- AB 162 RUSKIN Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 162 RUSKIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #15 AB162 Ruskin — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ruskin — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2009-01-27** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-01-28** From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.
- **2009-02-26** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-27** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1239.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-06-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-06-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2009-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-20** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1925.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2740.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 313, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0446562f-ea0b-456a-ba96-af4e24a8ae76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).