---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gas corporation: service connections."
description: "Under existing law the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including gas corporations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1879"
citation: "California AB 1879 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gas corporation: service connections."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Santiago"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fce527e4-e6b8-471e-b206-77a5b19134f7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1879"
source_hash: "5dfee9f297b5ad834a432fc6890f8f16ab311136d681c376d9c04adbaa440b8e"
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 1879 (20172018) — Gas corporation: service connections.

Under existing law the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including gas corporations.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/17/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1879&version=20170AB187999INT)
2. **05/01/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1879&version=20170AB187998AMD)
3. **09/18/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1879&version=20170AB187996CHP)
4. **AB1879** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1879)
5. **09/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1879&version=20170AB187997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1879 Santiago et al. By Bradford Urgency Clause — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1879 Santiago et al. By Bradford Reconsider — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1879 Santiago et al. By Bradford Urgency Clause — **25–1** (fail) · upper
- AB 1879 SANTIAGO Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Santiago — primary (person)
- O'Donnell — coauthor (person)
- Patterson — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-18** From printer. May be heard in committee February 17.
- **2018-01-29** Referred to Com. on U. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-05-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-25** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5305.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-07** Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-29** Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. (Ayes 25. Noes 1. Page 6001.) `reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-29** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 6001.)
- **2018-08-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 6075.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-31** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 481, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fce527e4-e6b8-471e-b206-77a5b19134f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).