(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, gas corporations, telephone corporations, and water corporations, as defined. The Public Utilities Act authorizes the PUC, each commissioner, and each officer and person employed by the PUC at any time to inspect the accounts, books, papers, and documents of any public utility. This authorization applies to inspections of the accounts, books, papers, and documents of any business that is a subsidiary or affiliate of, or a corporation that holds a controlling interest in, an electrical, gas, or telephone corporation.
California SB 1364 (20112012) — Water corporations.
(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, gas corporations, telephone corporations, and water corporations, as defined. The Public Utilities Act authorizes the PUC, each commissioner, and each officer and person employed by the PUC at any time to inspect the accounts, books, papers, and documents of any public utility. This authorization applies to inspections of the accounts, books, papers, and documents of any business that is a subsidiary or affiliate of, or a corporation that holds a controlling interest in, an electrical, gas, or telephone corporation.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 13–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1364 Huff Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Huff — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-02-24 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2012-02-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
2012-03-08 Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
2012-03-28 Set for hearing April 17.
2012-04-04 Hearing postponed by committee.
2012-04-05 Set for hearing April 24.
2012-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 3303.) (April 24). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-04-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-05-04 Set for hearing May 14.
2012-05-14 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2012-05-18 Set for hearing May 24.
2012-05-24 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3595.) (May 24). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3662.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-05-30 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2012-06-07 Referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
2012-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-08-09 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2012-08-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5970.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-08-16 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2012-08-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2012-08-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-08-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 224, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5683eb3e-5ccf-4b00-a769-f8cef0db0adc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).