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Bill	Public utilities: redirection of moneys authorized for maintenance, safety, or reliability.	Existing law establishes the Public Utilities Commission, with regulatory jurisdiction and authority over public utilities, including electrical and gas corporations. Existing law places various responsibilities upon the commission to ensure that public utility services are provided in a manner that protects the public safety and the safety of utility employees.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 549	California SB 549 (20172018)	bill	Public utilities: redirection of moneys authorized for maintenance safety or reliability.	enacted	Bradford	8	25	6	2017-02-16	2017-09-25	openstates	ocd-bill/3a0fa028-a88d-44c0-84ae-509f3dca366f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB549	13a0d0734dff40bae65efc42e03555df7fc7cecd7de11fb8ac584bf39263a89d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 549 (20172018) — Public utilities: redirection of moneys authorized for maintenance, safety, or reliability.

Existing law establishes the Public Utilities Commission, with regulatory jurisdiction and authority over public utilities, including electrical and gas corporations. Existing law places various responsibilities upon the commission to ensure that public utility services are provided in a manner that protects the public safety and the safety of utility employees.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/29/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/31/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/27/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/20/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/25/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB549 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/07/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Special Consent SB549 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 549 Bradford Senate Third Reading By IRWIN — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bradford — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
• 2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
• 2017-03-09 Set for hearing March 21.
• 2017-03-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 429.) (March 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-03-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-04-05 Set for hearing April 17.
• 2017-04-17 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2017-04-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-04-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 767.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-04-20 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-05-18 Referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
• 2017-05-31 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-07-19 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-07-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-08-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2843.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2017-09-01 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2017-09-05 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2479.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2017-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 284, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a0fa028-a88d-44c0-84ae-509f3dca366f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).