---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public utilities: emergency and disaster preparedness."
description: "Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and water corporations, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1650"
citation: "California AB 1650 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public utilities: emergency and disaster preparedness."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-02-13"
last_action: "2012-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d519caf-cf98-436f-aa4b-067f79fea788"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1650"
source_hash: "f95c0791398d42701781294f7b5afd348a1f70d7b90d0006a63f5da0d3b31f7e"
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 1650 (20112012) — Public utilities: emergency and disaster preparedness.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and water corporations, as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1650&version=20110AB165099INT)
2. **04/09/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1650&version=20110AB165098AMD)
3. **04/16/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1650&version=20110AB165097AMD)
4. **05/25/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1650&version=20110AB165096AMD)
5. **08/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1650&version=20110AB165095AMD)
6. **08/21/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1650&version=20110AB165094AMD)
7. **08/24/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1650&version=20110AB165093AMD)
8. **09/23/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1650&version=20110AB165091CHP)
9. **AB1650** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1650)
10. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1650&version=20110AB165092ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1650 PORTANTINO Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1650 PORTANTINO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1650 Portantino By Huff — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Portantino — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2012-02-23** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 9). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-16** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5110.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4907.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6488.)
- **2012-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6538.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 472, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d519caf-cf98-436f-aa4b-067f79fea788`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).