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Bill	Public utilities: electric vehicle charging stations.	Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, as defined. The existing Public Utilities Act requires every public utility to furnish and maintain adequate, efficient, just, and reasonable service, instrumentalities, equipment, and facilities as are necessary to promote the safety, health, comfort, and convenience of its patrons, employees, and the public.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 631	California AB 631 (20112012)	bill	Public utilities: electric vehicle charging stations.	enacted	Ma	5	19	4	2011-02-16	2011-10-06	openstates	ocd-bill/4c7e62ca-8fa7-41f4-8513-5c46ffabc72c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB631	e80d7e15de8e1d04596117c598d22743ac3977a9db0618fe87ad79f4d0fba792	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 631 (20112012) — Public utilities: electric vehicle charging stations.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, as defined. The existing Public Utilities Act requires every public utility to furnish and maintain adequate, efficient, just, and reasonable service, instrumentalities, equipment, and facilities as are necessary to promote the safety, health, comfort, and convenience of its patrons, employees, and the public.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/01/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/06/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB631 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/02/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB631 Ma By Simitian — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 631 MA Assembly Third Reading — 74–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Transportation. — 12–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ma — primary (person)
• Buchanan — coauthor (person)
• Fong — coauthor (person)
• Garrick — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2011-03-03 Referred to Coms. on U. & C. and TRANS. referral-committee
• 2011-03-21 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-14 Withdrawn from committee pursuant to Assembly Rule 96(b).
• 2011-04-14 Ordered to second reading.
• 2011-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-06-01 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1690.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-06-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 1853.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-06-16 Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
• 2011-07-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 5). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2200.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-09-01 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2011-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2011-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 480, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4c7e62ca-8fa7-41f4-8513-5c46ffabc72c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).