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Bill	Electricity: undergrounding of electrical infrastructure.	(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has jurisdiction over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Under its existing authority, the commission requires certain electrical corporations to implement the California Overhead Conversion Program to provide financial assistance to local governments to facilitate projects that are in the public interest and replace overhead infrastructure with infrastructure in underground trenches. Existing law requires each electrical corporation to annually prepare and submit a wildfire mitigation plan to the Wildfire Safety Division of the commission for review and approval. Existing law also requires the division to oversee and complete a review of each electrical corporation's compliance with its plan.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	SB 70	California SB 70 (20192020)	bill	Electricity: undergrounding of electrical infrastructure.	enacted	Nielsen	12	34	10	2019-01-09	2019-10-02	openstates	ocd-bill/feb1f2b0-9d4d-47d8-bcea-8d742dd0f9bd	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB70	e2d3746182790da0089f898cbfa02f643b491765e5e1fa1e47c27d1184958a6e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 70 (20192020) — Electricity: undergrounding of electrical infrastructure.

(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has jurisdiction over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Under its existing authority, the commission requires certain electrical corporations to implement the California Overhead Conversion Program to provide financial assistance to local governments to facilitate projects that are in the public interest and replace overhead infrastructure with infrastructure in underground trenches. Existing law requires each electrical corporation to annually prepare and submit a wildfire mitigation plan to the Wildfire Safety Division of the commission for review and approval. Existing law also requires the division to oversee and complete a review of each electrical corporation's compliance with its plan.

Version chain

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

1. 01/09/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/19/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/03/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/30/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/17/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/11/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/02/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/19/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/05/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
10. 10/02/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
11. SB70 (committee substitute) — source
12. 09/13/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 70 Nielsen Senate Third Reading By Bloom — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB70 Nielsen Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• [05-16-2019] set for [First] hearing: Reconsideration of favorable vote granted — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Nielsen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-09 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-10 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 9.
• 2019-01-16 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2019-03-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
• 2019-04-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-04 Set for hearing April 24.
• 2019-04-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 841.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-04-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
• 2019-05-13 May 13 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2019-05-14 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2019-05-16 May 16 set for first hearing. Reconsideration of favorable vote granted.
• 2019-05-17 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1089.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-05-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1195.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2019-06-10 Referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
• 2019-06-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-07-01 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-07-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-15 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-08-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-05 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-05 Ordered to third reading.
• 2019-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3256.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2019-09-11 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2019-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2865.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2019-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 400, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/feb1f2b0-9d4d-47d8-bcea-8d742dd0f9bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).