Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to establish rules for all public utilities, subject to control by the Legislature. Existing law requires each electrical corporation to construct, maintain, and operate its electrical lines and equipment in a manner that will minimize the risk of catastrophic wildfire posed by those electrical lines and equipment. Existing law requires the commission, by January 1, 2020, to establish within itself the Wildfire Safety Division. Existing law requires each electrical corporation to annually prepare and submit a wildfire mitigation plan to the division for review and approval. Existing law requires those wildfire mitigation plans to include specified information, including protocols for disabling reclosers and deenergizing portions of the electrical distribution system that consider the associated impacts on public safety, as well as protocols related to mitigating the public safety impacts of those protocols, including impacts on critical first responders and on health and communication infrastructure. Existing law requires the commission to designate a baseline quantity of electricity and gas necessary for a significant portion of the reasonable energy needs of the average residential customer and requires the commission to establish a standard limited allowance in addition to the baseline quantity of gas and electricity for residential customers dependent on life-support equipment, as specified, which is referred to as a medical baseline allowance.
California SB 167 (20192020) — Electrical corporations: wildfire mitigation plans.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to establish rules for all public utilities, subject to control by the Legislature. Existing law requires each electrical corporation to construct, maintain, and operate its electrical lines and equipment in a manner that will minimize the risk of catastrophic wildfire posed by those electrical lines and equipment. Existing law requires the commission, by January 1, 2020, to establish within itself the Wildfire Safety Division. Existing law requires each electrical corporation to annually prepare and submit a wildfire mitigation plan to the division for review and approval. Existing law requires those wildfire mitigation plans to include specified information, including protocols for disabling reclosers and deenergizing portions of the electrical distribution system that consider the associated impacts on public safety, as well as protocols related to mitigating the public safety impacts of those protocols, including impacts on critical first responders and on health and communication infrastructure. Existing law requires the commission to designate a baseline quantity of electricity and gas necessary for a significant portion of the reasonable energy needs of the average residential customer and requires the commission to establish a standard limited allowance in addition to the baseline quantity of gas and electricity for residential customers dependent on life-support equipment, as specified, which is referred to as a medical baseline allowance.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
SB 167 Dodd Senate Third Reading By Quirk — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB167 Dodd et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Dodd — primary (person)
Stone — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-01-28 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2019-01-29 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 28.
2019-02-06 Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
2019-03-15 Set for hearing March 27.
2019-04-04 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 464.) (March 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-04-08 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-11 Set for hearing April 22.
2019-04-22 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2019-04-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-04-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 818.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-04-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-05-09 Referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
2019-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-11 (Received at desk July 10 pursuant to JR 61(a)(10)).
2019-08-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-14 August 14 hearing postponed by committee.
2019-08-21 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-26 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
2019-08-26 Ordered to third reading.
2019-08-30 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-30 Ordered to third reading.
2019-09-05 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3041.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-05 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2019-09-06 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2019-09-06 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2609.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2019-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 403, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/638b62de-c785-474d-8892-69e575720880. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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