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Bill	Public utilities: wildfires and employee protection.	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. The Public Utilities Act authorizes the commission to supervise and regulate every public utility, including electrical corporations, and to do all things that are necessary and convenient in the exercise of such power and jurisdiction. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Existing law authorizes the commission, in a proceeding on an application by an electrical corporation to recover costs and expenses arising from a catastrophic wildfire occurring on or after January 1, 2019, to allow cost recovery if the costs and expenses are just and reasonable, after consideration of the conduct of the utility, including consideration of specified factors.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 1054	California AB 1054 (20192020)	bill appropriation	Public utilities: wildfires and employee protection.	enacted	Holden	6	31	8	2019-02-21	2019-07-12	openstates	ocd-bill/428be158-59e7-48e8-93cd-85c996611b51	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1054	38ecf1f12cfec716486576a04f5481b0569d0ba6ccc6f1404a61a8b4e56a88fa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1054 (20192020) — Public utilities: wildfires and employee protection.

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. The Public Utilities Act authorizes the commission to supervise and regulate every public utility, including electrical corporations, and to do all things that are necessary and convenient in the exercise of such power and jurisdiction. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Existing law authorizes the commission, in a proceeding on an application by an electrical corporation to recover costs and expenses arising from a catastrophic wildfire occurring on or after January 1, 2019, to allow cost recovery if the costs and expenses are just and reasonable, after consideration of the conduct of the utility, including consideration of specified factors.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/27/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/05/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/12/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1054 (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/11/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 11–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 1054 Holden Concurrence - Urgency Added — 63–10 (pass) · lower
• AB 1054 Holden Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1054 Holden et al. By Dodd Urgency Clause — 31–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Holden — primary (person)
• Burke — author (person)
• Dodd — coauthor (person)
• Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
• Mayes — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2019-03-07 Referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
• 2019-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-05-13 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1609.)
• 2019-05-15 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1829.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-29 Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
• 2019-06-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2019-06-27 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2019-06-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-07-05 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-07-05 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 22. Noes 8. Page 1958.)
• 2019-07-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-07-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-07-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2019-07-08 (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1986.)
• 2019-07-08 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 1987.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-07-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-07-09 Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2019-07-09 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Page 2585.)
• 2019-07-10 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 10). committee-passage
• 2019-07-11 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 13. Page 2612.)
• 2019-07-11 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 10. Page 2618.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2019-07-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-07-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 79, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/428be158-59e7-48e8-93cd-85c996611b51. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).