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Bill	Public Utilities Commission Accountability Act of 2015: reports: audits: electrical restructuring: charter-party carriers of passengers.	The California Constitution establishes the Public Utilities Commission and authorizes the commission to exercise ratemaking and rulemaking authority over all public utilities, as defined, subject to control by the Legislature. Existing law requires the commission to report various information to the Legislature.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 697	California SB 697 (20152016)	bill	Public Utilities Commission Accountability Act of 2015: reports: audits: electrical restructuring: charter-party carriers of passengers.	enacted	Hertzberg	9	31	7	2015-02-27	2015-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/9e02e02b-ee91-4b02-a4b7-6866bc3e2a80	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB697	fb3715a3819f97d715c0df62ee14fe457b5da60420f330e7ccbb1b7dc04b4869	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 697 (20152016) — Public Utilities Commission Accountability Act of 2015: reports: audits: electrical restructuring: charter-party carriers of passengers.

The California Constitution establishes the Public Utilities Commission and authorizes the commission to exercise ratemaking and rulemaking authority over all public utilities, as defined, subject to control by the Legislature. Existing law requires the commission to report various information to the Legislature.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/09/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/24/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/08/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/27/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/08/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB697 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/10/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB697 Hertzberg Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 697 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By TING — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hertzberg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2015-03-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
• 2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2015-03-19 Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
• 2015-03-24 Set for hearing April 21.
• 2015-04-09 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
• 2015-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 724.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-24 Set for hearing May 4.
• 2015-05-04 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 884.) (May 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 949.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-11 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-06-01 Referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
• 2015-06-24 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
• 2015-07-07 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-08 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-09 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2015-08-19 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-24 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Cristina Garcia.
• 2015-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-08-27 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-27 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-09-03 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-09-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3030.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2015-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2677.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
• 2015-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 612, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9e02e02b-ee91-4b02-a4b7-6866bc3e2a80. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).