---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utility rates: mobilehomes and apartment buildings."
description: "Existing law requires a master-meter customer in a mobilehome park or apartment building, among other duties, to post in a conspicuous place, the prevailing residential utilities rate schedule as published by the serving utility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 196"
citation: "California SB 196 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utility rates: mobilehomes and apartment buildings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cannella"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-07"
last_action: "2013-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c596c06-ed08-42b7-acdd-a04c92ccf995"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB196"
source_hash: "b94bdb8d1c45ac49737edc42c536b8755c7d8a29f6ec245bde0568b0b7e75258"
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 196 (20132014) — Utility rates: mobilehomes and apartment buildings.

Existing law requires a master-meter customer in a mobilehome park or apartment building, among other duties, to post in a conspicuous place, the prevailing residential utilities rate schedule as published by the serving utility.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB196&version=20130SB19699INT)
2. **04/02/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB196&version=20130SB19698AMD)
3. **04/23/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB196&version=20130SB19697AMD)
4. **06/25/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB196&version=20130SB19696AMD)
5. **08/28/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB196&version=20130SB19694CHP)
6. **SB196** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB196)
7. **08/20/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB196&version=20130SB19695ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 196 Cannella Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB196 Cannella Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Amend, and do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Housing and Community Development with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cannella — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10.
- **2013-02-21** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 16.
- **2013-04-22** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 567.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-23** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-26** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2013-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 750.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 807.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-06** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-20** Referred to Coms. on U. & C. and H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-24** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-12** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2555.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-08-19** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1875.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2013-08-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 201, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c596c06-ed08-42b7-acdd-a04c92ccf995`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).