Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, as defined, while local publicly owned electric and gas utilities, as defined, are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing law authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility, and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Existing law requires public utilities to develop programs in cooperation with local school districts to reduce their electricity and gas bills through conservation and improvements in efficiency.
California AB 2068 (20172018) — Electricity: rates: public schools.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, as defined, while local publicly owned electric and gas utilities, as defined, are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing law authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility, and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Existing law requires public utilities to develop programs in cooperation with local school districts to reduce their electricity and gas bills through conservation and improvements in efficiency.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Chu — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-02-08 From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
2018-02-16 Referred to Coms. on U. & E. and ED. referral-committee
2018-04-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2018-04-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
2018-04-24 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2018-04-25 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-04-26 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2018-05-09 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5214.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-17 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-05-30 Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
2018-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (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
2018-08-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5236.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-09 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2018-08-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2018-08-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-08-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 208, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3979f558-73f4-4b9e-a5c4-3d84fb8cbf94. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).