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type: "Bill"
title: "Natural gas: service and safety."
description: "Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including gas corporations, as defined. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility, and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. The Public Utilities Act authorizes the commission to ascertain and fix just and reasonable standards, classifications, regulations, practices, measurements, or services to be furnished, imposed, observed, and followed by specified public utilities, including gas corporations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 705"
citation: "California SB 705 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural gas: service and safety."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f61b5703-5d1d-48cc-b5bb-7c38e0157529"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB705"
source_hash: "a54ea03b9dc0cc3186d89c2f3efa78fa0d1ff42de91835b9a2bb193f9797297f"
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 705 (20112012) — Natural gas: service and safety.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including gas corporations, as defined. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility, and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. The Public Utilities Act authorizes the commission to ascertain and fix just and reasonable standards, classifications, regulations, practices, measurements, or services to be furnished, imposed, observed, and followed by specified public utilities, including gas corporations.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB705&version=20110SB70599INT)
2. **04/13/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB705&version=20110SB70598AMD)
3. **05/05/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB705&version=20110SB70597AMD)
4. **06/22/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB705&version=20110SB70596AMD)
5. **07/05/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB705&version=20110SB70595AMD)
6. **08/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB705&version=20110SB70594AMD)
7. **08/26/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB705&version=20110SB70593AMD)
8. **09/01/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB705&version=20110SB70592AMD)
9. **10/07/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB705&version=20110SB70590CHP)
10. **SB705** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB705)
11. **09/13/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB705&version=20110SB70591ENR)
## Votes
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 705 Leno Senate Third Reading By NESTANDE — **67–12** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **30–7** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB705 Leno Concurrence — **33–6** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Leno — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-16** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2011-04-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 808.) (April 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-16** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-05-20** Set for hearing May 26.
- **2011-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 1121.) (May 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 1232.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-20** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-06-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-17** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-01** Read third time and amended. (Page 2771.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-01** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 67. Noes 12. Page 3043.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-09** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 6. Page 2450.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2011-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 522, Statutes of 2011.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f61b5703-5d1d-48cc-b5bb-7c38e0157529`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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