Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. Existing law requires the commission to adopt inspection, maintenance, repair, and replacement standards for the distribution systems of electrical corporations in order to provide high-quality, safe, and reliable service. Existing law requires the commission to conduct a review to determine whether the standards have been met and to perform the review after every major outage.
California SB 699 (20132014) — Public utilities: electrical corporations.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. Existing law requires the commission to adopt inspection, maintenance, repair, and replacement standards for the distribution systems of electrical corporations in order to provide high-quality, safe, and reliable service. Existing law requires the commission to conduct a review to determine whether the standards have been met and to perform the review after every major outage.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–1 (pass) · upper
SB 699 Hill Senate Third Reading By GATTO — 78–0 (pass) · lower
From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 36–3 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB699 Hill Concurrence — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hill — primary (person)
Gatto — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2013-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2013-03-11 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2013-04-04 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
2013-04-11 Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
2013-04-12 Set for hearing April 30.
2013-05-07 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1. Page 750.) (April 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-05-08 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: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2013-05-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 3. Page 1090.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2013-06-14 Referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
2013-06-19 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
2013-06-24 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2013-08-07 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
2014-03-12 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
2014-03-24 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-03-25 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-06-18 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2014-08-14 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-08-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-22 Read third time and amended. (Page 6342.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
2014-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6493.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2014-08-27 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. referral-committee
2014-08-27 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4888.) Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-08-28 Set for hearing August 28.
2014-08-28 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4958.) committee-passage
2014-08-29 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4971.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2014-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 550, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/85025d62-b463-4bc1-b82d-70ae2f862d16. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).