republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1879.md

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Bill	Gas corporation: service connections.	Under existing law the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including gas corporations.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 1879	California AB 1879 (20172018)	bill	Gas corporation: service connections.	enacted	Santiago	5	23	7	2018-01-17	2018-09-18	openstates	ocd-bill/fce527e4-e6b8-471e-b206-77a5b19134f7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1879	5dfee9f297b5ad834a432fc6890f8f16ab311136d681c376d9c04adbaa440b8e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1879 (20172018) — Gas corporation: service connections.

Under existing law the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including gas corporations.

Version chain

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

1. 01/17/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/01/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/18/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1879 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/05/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1879 Santiago et al. By Bradford Urgency Clause — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1879 Santiago et al. By Bradford Reconsider — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1879 Santiago et al. By Bradford Urgency Clause — 25–1 (fail) · upper
• AB 1879 SANTIAGO Consent Calendar Second Day — 70–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Santiago — primary (person)
• O'Donnell — coauthor (person)
• Patterson — coauthor (person)
• Rubio — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-01-18 From printer. May be heard in committee February 17.
• 2018-01-29 Referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
• 2018-04-04 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2018-04-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-05-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-02 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
• 2018-05-16 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-17 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-25 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5305.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-25 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-06-07 Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
• 2018-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-06 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-29 Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. (Ayes 25. Noes 1. Page 6001.) reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-29 Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 6001.)
• 2018-08-31 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 6075.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-31 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2018-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 481, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fce527e4-e6b8-471e-b206-77a5b19134f7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).