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Bill	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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 1650	California AB 1650 (20112012)	bill	Public utilities: emergency and disaster preparedness.	enacted	Portantino	10	29	8	2012-02-13	2012-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/6d519caf-cf98-436f-aa4b-067f79fea788	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1650	f95c0791398d42701781294f7b5afd348a1f70d7b90d0006a63f5da0d3b31f7e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. 04/09/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/16/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/25/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/06/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/21/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/24/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/23/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB1650 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/11/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/6d519caf-cf98-436f-aa4b-067f79fea788. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).