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Bill	Public utilities: rates.	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 fix the rates and charges for every public utility and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Existing law prohibits electrical corporations and gas corporations from recovering fines and penalties through rates approved by the commission.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2083	California AB 2083 (20212022)	bill	Public utilities: rates.	enacted	Bauer-Kahan	8	30	7	2022-02-14	2022-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/2db0000f-65ba-4465-8d8b-083ca9501628	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2083	5d1f8eb1849f6838c7e6e2ab5c009cbcea5e5ccdd4b6e8ae29408728f115385f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2083 (20212022) — Public utilities: rates.

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 fix the rates and charges for every public utility and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Existing law prohibits electrical corporations and gas corporations from recovering fines and penalties through rates approved by the commission.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/18/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/02/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/27/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/28/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2083 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/24/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2083 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 68–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2083 Bauer-Kahan By Dodd — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Utilities and Energy] — 3–3 (fail) · lower
• Do pass. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 2083 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2022-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2022-03-24 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and U. & E. referral-committee
• 2022-03-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2022-04-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
• 2022-04-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2022-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2022-04-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-04-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 27). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-05-02 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-03 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2022-05-11 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 0. Page 4919.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-01 Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
• 2022-06-13 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-06-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 21). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2022-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4872.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-18 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2022-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 5978.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2022-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 689, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2db0000f-65ba-4465-8d8b-083ca9501628. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).