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Bill Public Utilities Commission: removal of a commissioner. The California Constitution establishes the Public Utilities Commission, with jurisdiction over all public utilities, and provides that the Legislature may remove a commissioner for incompetence, neglect of duty, or corruption, 23 of the membership of each house concurring. Existing law prohibits the commission, by order, decision, motion, settlement, or other action, from establishing a nonstate entity, as defined, with any moneys other than those moneys that would otherwise belong to the public utility's shareholders. That law prohibits the commission from entering into a contract with any nonstate entity in which a person serves as an owner, director, or officer while serving as a commissioner. That law additionally provides that, beginning June 1, 2014, a commissioner who acts as an owner, director, or officer of a nonstate entity that was established prior to January 1, 2014, as a result of an order, decision, motion, settlement, or other action by the Public Utilities Commission in which the commissioner participated, neglects his or her duty and may be removed pursuant to the California Constitution. us/states/ca California Legislature 20132014 SB 434 California SB 434 (20132014)
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California SB 434 (20132014) — Public Utilities Commission: removal of a commissioner.

The California Constitution establishes the Public Utilities Commission, with jurisdiction over all public utilities, and provides that the Legislature may remove a commissioner for incompetence, neglect of duty, or corruption, 23 of the membership of each house concurring. Existing law prohibits the commission, by order, decision, motion, settlement, or other action, from establishing a nonstate entity, as defined, with any moneys other than those moneys that would otherwise belong to the public utility's shareholders. That law prohibits the commission from entering into a contract with any nonstate entity in which a person serves as an owner, director, or officer while serving as a commissioner. That law additionally provides that, beginning June 1, 2014, a commissioner who acts as an owner, director, or officer of a nonstate entity that was established prior to January 1, 2014, as a result of an order, decision, motion, settlement, or other action by the Public Utilities Commission in which the commissioner participated, neglects his or her duty and may be removed pursuant to the California Constitution.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/21/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 01/06/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 04/01/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 04/24/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  5. 04/29/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  6. 05/07/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  7. 05/24/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  8. 08/11/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  9. 09/25/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  10. SB434 (committee substitute) — source
  11. 08/19/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • SB 434 Hill Senate Third Reading By GORDON — 79–0 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading — 26–2 (pass) · upper
  • SB 434 Hill Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass. — 4–2 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
  • Unfinished Business SB434 Hill Concurrence — 27–0 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Hill — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2013-02-21 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
  • 2013-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
  • 2013-03-11 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
  • 2013-04-01 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
  • 2013-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
  • 2013-04-16 Set for hearing April 24.
  • 2013-04-16 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
  • 2013-04-17 Set for hearing May 1.
  • 2013-04-24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2013-04-29 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2013-05-06 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 751.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2013-05-07 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2013-05-10 Set for hearing May 20.
  • 2013-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 990.) (May 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2013-05-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2013-05-24 Read third time and amended. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
  • 2013-05-24 Ordered to second reading.
  • 2013-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2013-07-08 Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Hill.
  • 2014-01-06 From inactive file.
  • 2014-01-06 Ordered to second reading.
  • 2014-01-06 Read second time. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2014-01-06 Amended.
  • 2014-01-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2014-01-09 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). referral-committee
  • 2014-01-14 Withdrawn from committee.
  • 2014-01-14 Ordered to second reading.
  • 2014-01-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2014-01-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 2. Page 2621.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
  • 2014-01-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2014-04-24 Referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
  • 2014-06-10 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2014-06-11 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2014-06-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5547.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
  • 2014-06-16 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  • 2014-06-23 Withdrawn from engrossing and enrolling.
  • 2014-06-23 Ordered to the Assembly.
  • 2014-06-23 In Assembly. Held at Desk.
  • 2014-08-04 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3
  • 2014-08-04 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2014-08-11 Read third time and amended. (Page 5970.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
  • 2014-08-11 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2014-08-14 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6022.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
  • 2014-08-14 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2014-08-18 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 0. Page 4544.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
  • 2014-08-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
  • 2014-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2014-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 546, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/49accc6d-39fb-46a7-9968-98ca823c5291. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).

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