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Bill	Electrical restructuring: natural gas restructuring: information practices.	(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has broad regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, as defined. Existing law restructuring the electrical industry requires the commission to authorize and facilitate direct transactions between electricity suppliers and end-use customers subject to the implementation of a nonbypassable charge, as specified. Electrical restructuring requires electric service providers, which are entities that offer electrical service to customers within the service territory of an electrical corporation but which are not electrical corporations, to register with the commission and to disclose specified information, among other things and authorizes the commission to enforce specific statutes with respect to electric service providers, but does not grant the commission jurisdiction to regulate electric service providers other than as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 656	California SB 656 (20132014)	bill	Electrical restructuring: natural gas restructuring: information practices.	enacted	Wright	10	35	7	2013-02-22	2013-10-05	openstates	ocd-bill/c2f91271-3b90-454b-8938-6b6945ec74d7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB656	ba852f3e6de496c474c9396c330c5f29d7f846bcec208d4afeeb19a4fa7a8aff	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 656 (20132014) — Electrical restructuring: natural gas restructuring: information practices.

(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has broad regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, as defined. Existing law restructuring the electrical industry requires the commission to authorize and facilitate direct transactions between electricity suppliers and end-use customers subject to the implementation of a nonbypassable charge, as specified. Electrical restructuring requires electric service providers, which are entities that offer electrical service to customers within the service territory of an electrical corporation but which are not electrical corporations, to register with the commission and to disclose specified information, among other things and authorizes the commission to enforce specific statutes with respect to electric service providers, but does not grant the commission jurisdiction to regulate electric service providers other than as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/22/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/13/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/26/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/06/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/06/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/05/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB656 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/19/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 656 Wright Senate Third Reading By BRADFORD — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB656 Wright Concurrence — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wright — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2013-02-23 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
• 2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2013-03-11 Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
• 2013-03-21 Set for hearing April 16.
• 2013-04-04 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2013-04-12 Set for hearing April 30.
• 2013-04-22 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
• 2013-05-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 750.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
• 2013-05-13 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2013-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 943.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-16 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2013-05-28 Referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
• 2013-06-13 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
• 2013-06-17 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2013-06-26 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
• 2013-08-05 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-08-06 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-14 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2013-08-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-06 Read third time and amended. (Page 2957.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-06 Ordered to third reading.
• 2013-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3220.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2013-09-12 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. referral-committee
• 2013-09-12 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2405.) Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-09-12 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2452.) committee-passage
• 2013-09-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 2430.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2013-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 604, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c2f91271-3b90-454b-8938-6b6945ec74d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).