--- type: "Bill" title: "Public Utilities Commission: railroads: natural gas pipelines: safety." description: "Existing law provides that the Public Utilities Commission has certain responsibilities for the inspection, surveillance, and investigation of the rights-of-way, facilities, equipment, and operations of railroads, including public mass transit guideways, and for enforcement of state and federal laws, regulations, orders, and directives relative to rail safety." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20132014" identifier: "SB 1064" citation: "California SB 1064 (20132014)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Public Utilities Commission: railroads: natural gas pipelines: safety."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hill"] version_count: 6 action_count: 23 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2014-02-18" last_action: "2014-09-25" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffd5d644-f51e-4229-ba6e-f9870ee4ab5b" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1064" source_hash: "cd658d2d4a20d751c57e30ddd512910ca5b30c9005d9ae6d2026b6d449a6062d" 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 SB 1064 (20132014) — Public Utilities Commission: railroads: natural gas pipelines: safety. Existing law provides that the Public Utilities Commission has certain responsibilities for the inspection, surveillance, and investigation of the rights-of-way, facilities, equipment, and operations of railroads, including public mass transit guideways, and for enforcement of state and federal laws, regulations, orders, and directives relative to rail safety. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/18/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1064&version=20130SB106499INT) 2. **03/24/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1064&version=20130SB106498AMD) 3. **04/08/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1064&version=20130SB106497AMD) 4. **09/25/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1064&version=20130SB106495CHP) 5. **SB1064** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1064) 6. **08/26/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1064&version=20130SB106496ENR) ## Votes - 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper - SB 1064 Hill Senate Third Reading By DICKINSON — **76–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Hill — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2014-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction` - **2014-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21. - **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee` - **2014-03-07** Set for hearing April 1. - **2014-03-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2014-04-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3078.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2014-04-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2014-04-11** Set for hearing April 28. - **2014-04-28** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage` - **2014-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2014-05-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3323.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2014-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2014-05-12** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee` - **2014-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage` - **2014-07-02** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2014-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2014-08-04** From consent calendar. - **2014-08-04** Ordered to third reading. - **2014-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6366.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2014-08-22** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. - **2014-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m. - **2014-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2014-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 557, Statutes of 2014. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffd5d644-f51e-4229-ba6e-f9870ee4ab5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).