---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Utilities Commission: fees."
description: "Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities. Existing law requires the commission to charge and collect a fee of $75 for filing each application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, or for the mortgage, lease, transfer, or assignment of a certificate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 631"
citation: "California SB 631 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Utilities Commission: fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hueso"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65ea84ea-75d2-4cdf-ab4f-c5f0c0e41755"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB631"
source_hash: "7714136a44ebb6b6ffb9353dedb5361a9dc7d3ffbca7aa4ced1c23a53866ba42"
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 631 (20152016) — Public Utilities Commission: fees.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities. Existing law requires the commission to charge and collect a fee of $75 for filing each application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, or for the mortgage, lease, transfer, or assignment of a certificate.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB631&version=20150SB63199INT)
2. **06/17/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB631&version=20150SB63198AMD)
3. **09/01/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB631&version=20150SB63196CHP)
4. **SB631** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB631)
5. **08/24/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB631&version=20150SB63197ENR)

## Votes

- SB 631 Hueso Senate Third Reading By RENDON — **58–16** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **29–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB631 Hueso Concurrence — **24–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hueso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-03-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-24** Set for hearing April 7.
- **2015-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 509.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-10** Set for hearing April 20.
- **2015-04-20** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2015-04-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 4. Page 774.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-18** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-10** June 15 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-06-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (July 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 16. Page 2428.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-08-20** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 24. Noes 11.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2015-09-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 237, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65ea84ea-75d2-4cdf-ab4f-c5f0c0e41755`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).