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Bill	Public Utility District Act: election of directors.	The Public Utility District Act authorizes the formation of public utility districts and authorizes a district to acquire, construct, own, operate, or control works for supplying its inhabitants with light, water, power, heat, transportation, telephone service, or other means of communication, or means for the disposition of garbage, sewage, or refuse matter. The act provides for the manner of electing members of the board of directors of a district and generally specifies that, where a district formed and operated pursuant to the act is situated entirely in one county, the directors of the district are elected at large. The act permits directors of any district that is wholly or partially within the County of Placer to be elected at large, by wards, or from wards, as defined.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 927	California SB 927 (20152016)	bill	Public Utility District Act: election of directors.	enacted	Anderson	5	22	6	2016-02-01	2016-08-22	openstates	ocd-bill/fa3ec97a-7806-48a4-bb86-1e86f7ffcf40	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB927	285f7ba427ed7ed43643351715d842e7e60f4335ea0f79fab0cd77ac0d03fac8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 927 (20152016) — Public Utility District Act: election of directors.

The Public Utility District Act authorizes the formation of public utility districts and authorizes a district to acquire, construct, own, operate, or control works for supplying its inhabitants with light, water, power, heat, transportation, telephone service, or other means of communication, or means for the disposition of garbage, sewage, or refuse matter. The act provides for the manner of electing members of the board of directors of a district and generally specifies that, where a district formed and operated pursuant to the act is situated entirely in one county, the directors of the district are elected at large. The act permits directors of any district that is wholly or partially within the County of Placer to be elected at large, by wards, or from wards, as defined.

Version chain

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

1. 02/01/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/31/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/22/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB927 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/05/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Elections and Constitutional Amendments] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections and Redistricting] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 927 Anderson Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Anderson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-01 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2016-02-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 3.
• 2016-02-18 Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2016-02-24 Set for hearing March 16.
• 2016-03-08 March 16 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2016-03-10 Set for hearing March 30.
• 2016-03-30 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E. & C.A. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3334.) (March 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-03-31 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-05 Set for hearing April 19.
• 2016-04-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3608.) (April 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-04-25 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3664.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2016-05-05 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and E. & R. referral-committee
• 2016-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-30 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-04 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5718.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-04 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2016-08-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
• 2016-08-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-08-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 168, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fa3ec97a-7806-48a4-bb86-1e86f7ffcf40. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).