---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Utilities Commission: proceedings."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes certain procedures that are applicable to adjudication, rulemaking, and ratesetting cases of the Public Utilities Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 636"
citation: "California SB 636 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Utilities Commission: proceedings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 41
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2014-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18dfb340-e318-4fbd-97f6-6a70af447f77"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB636"
source_hash: "3100cdb8f9a921694c34e204bc3be29a13b5ac8256f1daf161cdd1351e0928b9"
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 636 (20132014) — Public Utilities Commission: proceedings.

(1) Existing law establishes certain procedures that are applicable to adjudication, rulemaking, and ratesetting cases of the Public Utilities Commission.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB636&version=20130SB63699INT)
2. **01/06/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB636&version=20130SB63698AMD)
3. **01/15/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB636&version=20130SB63697AMD)
4. **06/15/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB636&version=20130SB63696AMD)
5. **09/25/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB636&version=20130SB63694CHP)
6. **SB636** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB636)
7. **08/26/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB636&version=20130SB63695ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB636 Hill Concurrence — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 636 Hill Senate Third Reading By DAHLE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Set for hearing April 3.
- **2013-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 406.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 15.
- **2013-04-11** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2013-05-06** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-05-07** Set for hearing May 13.
- **2013-05-09** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-05-10** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2013-05-20** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-21** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-23** Held in committee and under submission.
- **2014-01-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-01-06** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2014-01-06** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-09** Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-10** Set for hearing January 14.
- **2014-01-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 2629.) (January 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-01-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-01-15** Set for hearing January 21.
- **2014-01-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-01-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 2636.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-01-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-04-24** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-07** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-11** From consent calendar.
- **2014-08-11** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6367.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-25** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 4802.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **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 548, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18dfb340-e318-4fbd-97f6-6a70af447f77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).