Public Utilities Commission: safety investigations.
The California Constitution establishes the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities and authorizes the commission to establish its own procedures, subject to statutory limitations or directions and constitutional requirements of due process. The Public Utilities Act requires the commission to publish and maintain certain documents and information and make specified materials available on the commission's Internet Web site. The act requires the commission to submit certain information about its activities to the Governor and the Legislature no later than February 1 of each year, including a work plan describing its scheduled ratemaking proceedings, an accounting of its transactions and proceedings, and a report on the number of cases where resolution of the case exceeded the time periods prescribed in scoping memos and on the number of days that commissioners presided in hearings.
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20132014
SB 1409
California SB 1409 (20132014)
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Public Utilities Commission: safety investigations.
California SB 1409 (20132014) — Public Utilities Commission: safety investigations.
The California Constitution establishes the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities and authorizes the commission to establish its own procedures, subject to statutory limitations or directions and constitutional requirements of due process. The Public Utilities Act requires the commission to publish and maintain certain documents and information and make specified materials available on the commission's Internet Web site. The act requires the commission to submit certain information about its activities to the Governor and the Legislature no later than February 1 of each year, including a work plan describing its scheduled ratemaking proceedings, an accounting of its transactions and proceedings, and a report on the number of cases where resolution of the case exceeded the time periods prescribed in scoping memos and on the number of days that commissioners presided in hearings.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent #14 — 36–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1409 Hill Senate Third Reading By PATTERSON — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB1409 Hill Concurrence — 34–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hill — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-21 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2014-02-23 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
2014-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
2014-03-17 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2014-04-02 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-04-10 Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
2014-04-11 Set for hearing April 29.
2014-04-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3296.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-05-02 Set for hearing May 12.
2014-05-12 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2014-05-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-05-14 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2014-05-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3468.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-15 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2014-05-23 Referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
2014-06-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-06-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-08-04 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-08-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-21 Read third time and amended. (Page 6282.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-21 Ordered to third reading.
2014-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6451.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2014-08-27 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4913.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2014-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 563, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/403f90eb-dd4d-4281-b4d9-2404cb558606. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).