--- type: "Bill" title: "Electricity: electrical transmission facilities." description: "Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. The commission, through a general order, prohibits an electrical corporation from beginning construction of a new electric generating plant, electric transmission, power, or distribution line facility, or new, upgraded, or modified substation without first complying with specified requirements." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "SB 529" citation: "California SB 529 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Electricity: electrical transmission facilities."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"] version_count: 6 action_count: 31 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2021-02-17" last_action: "2022-09-16" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae48eb09-ed17-4702-ac88-af90ac72d21f" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB529" source_hash: "f24bc61c0075ec5fde6492b61f62c5fdace8aae9e290a2d1682431b26d63ac89" 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 529 (20212022) — Electricity: electrical transmission facilities. Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. The commission, through a general order, prohibits an electrical corporation from beginning construction of a new electric generating plant, electric transmission, power, or distribution line facility, or new, upgraded, or modified substation without first complying with specified requirements. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/17/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB529&version=20210SB52999INT) 2. **06/16/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB529&version=20210SB52998AMD) 3. **08/23/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB529&version=20210SB52997AMD) 4. **09/16/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB529&version=20210SB52995CHP) 5. **SB529** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB529) 6. **09/06/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB529&version=20210SB52996ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. — **12–2** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · upper - SB 529 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By Quirk — **65–4** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB529 Hertzberg Concurrence — **31–9** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Be re-referred to the Committee on [Utilities and Energy] — **8–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Hertzberg — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2021-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2021-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20. - **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with. - **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.) - **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.) - **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee` - **2021-03-26** Set for hearing April 19. - **2021-04-14** April 19 hearing postponed by committee. - **2021-04-15** Set for hearing April 26. - **2021-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 915.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2021-04-30** Set for hearing May 10. - **2021-05-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2021-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-05-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1087.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-05-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2021-05-20** Referred to Com. on U. & E. `referral-committee` - **2021-06-17** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee` - **2022-06-16** Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. `referral-committee` - **2022-06-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2022-07-29** August 3 hearing postponed by committee. - **2022-08-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (August 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-08-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-08-23** Ordered to third reading. - **2022-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2022-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5380.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2022-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2022-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 357, Statutes of 2022. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae48eb09-ed17-4702-ac88-af90ac72d21f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).