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Bill	Public Utilities Commission.	(1) The California Constitution establishes the Public Utilities Commission, with jurisdiction over all public utilities. The Public Utilities Act provides that the office of the commission shall be in the City and County of San Francisco, that the office always be open, except on legal holidays and nonjudicial days, and that the commission hold its sessions at least once in each calendar month in the City and County of San Francisco.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 512	California SB 512 (20152016)	bill	Public Utilities Commission.	enacted	Hill	11	42	11	2015-02-26	2016-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/15e1ca8b-0e10-41b3-948e-a2fe50649c2e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB512	cff42c492e5a6e8d730ccf5d944dea759a8a628260c9e35a630947b42673abad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 512 (20152016) — Public Utilities Commission.

(1) The California Constitution establishes the Public Utilities Commission, with jurisdiction over all public utilities. The Public Utilities Act provides that the office of the commission shall be in the City and County of San Francisco, that the office always be open, except on legal holidays and nonjudicial days, and that the commission hold its sessions at least once in each calendar month in the City and County of San Francisco.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/04/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/06/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/20/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/01/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/03/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/17/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/19/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/29/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. SB512 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/06/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 512 Hill Senate Third Reading Amendment Set #1 — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–2 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 512 Hill Senate Third Reading By GATTO — 61–12 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–2 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB512 Hill Concurrence — 32–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hill — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-26 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2015-02-27 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.
• 2015-03-12 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2015-04-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2015-04-10 Set for hearing April 28.
• 2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 823.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-01 Set for hearing May 11.
• 2015-05-11 May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2015-05-23 Set for hearing May 28.
• 2015-05-28 May 28 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
• 2016-01-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-01-04 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2016-01-04 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2016-01-06 Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
• 2016-01-08 Set for hearing January 13.
• 2016-01-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 2895.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-01-14 Set for hearing January 19.
• 2016-01-19 January 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2016-01-20 Set for hearing January 21.
• 2016-01-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2934.) (January 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-01-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-01-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2953.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-01-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2016-04-28 Referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
• 2016-06-20 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 as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (June 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-10 August 10 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2016-08-11 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
• 2016-08-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5973.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 Ordered to third reading.
• 2016-08-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 12. Page 6370.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2016-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 6. Page 5571.) 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 808, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/15e1ca8b-0e10-41b3-948e-a2fe50649c2e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).