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Bill	Public Utilities Commission: reports: financing orders.	The California Constitution establishes the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) , with jurisdiction over all public utilities. The California Constitution grants the PUC certain general powers over all public utilities, subject to control by the Legislature, and authorizes the Legislature to confer additional authority and jurisdiction upon the PUC that is cognate and germane to the regulation of public utilities. Existing law requires the PUC to submit various reports to the Legislature, legislative committees, and the Governor, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 1222	California SB 1222 (20152016)	bill	Public Utilities Commission: reports: financing orders.	enacted	Hertzberg	11	41	10	2016-02-18	2016-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/a27f7b91-566d-447a-bad0-4e3a9d9bfb8b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1222	60716ecb4f330de02abe1e83d0913c139272c5b4df9f44fa42c7be249cc15801	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1222 (20152016) — Public Utilities Commission: reports: financing orders.

The California Constitution establishes the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) , with jurisdiction over all public utilities. The California Constitution grants the PUC certain general powers over all public utilities, subject to control by the Legislature, and authorizes the Legislature to confer additional authority and jurisdiction upon the PUC that is cognate and germane to the regulation of public utilities. Existing law requires the PUC to submit various reports to the Legislature, legislative committees, and the Governor, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/29/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/12/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/27/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/31/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/16/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/19/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/30/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/29/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. SB1222 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/07/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent # — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1222 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By GARCIA, C. — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 1222 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading Amendment Set #1 — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• W/O REF. TO FILE SB1222 Hertzberg Motions — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hertzberg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2016-02-19 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
• 2016-03-03 Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
• 2016-03-09 Set for hearing March 29.
• 2016-03-16 March 29 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2016-03-17 Set for hearing April 5.
• 2016-03-29 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-31 April 5 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2016-04-01 Set for hearing April 19.
• 2016-04-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3594.) (April 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-04-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-06 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2016-05-16 May 16 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2016-05-20 Set for hearing May 27.
• 2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4006.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-05-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2016-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4149.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2016-06-13 Referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
• 2016-06-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-04 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-08 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
• 2016-08-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2016-08-19 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5952.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 Ordered to third reading.
• 2016-08-19 Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2016-08-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-31 From consent calendar.
• 2016-08-31 Ordered to third reading.
• 2016-08-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6544.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2016-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5598.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2016-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 842, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a27f7b91-566d-447a-bad0-4e3a9d9bfb8b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).