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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public utilities: rates."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 2083"
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citation: "California AB 2083 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public utilities: rates."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bauer-Kahan"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2022-02-14"
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last_action: "2022-09-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2db0000f-65ba-4465-8d8b-083ca9501628"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2083"
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source_hash: "5d1f8eb1849f6838c7e6e2ab5c009cbcea5e5ccdd4b6e8ae29408728f115385f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2083 (20212022) — Public utilities: rates.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/14/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2083&version=20210AB208399INT)
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2. **03/24/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2083&version=20210AB208398AMD)
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3. **04/18/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2083&version=20210AB208397AMD)
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4. **05/02/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2083&version=20210AB208396AMD)
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5. **06/27/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2083&version=20210AB208395AMD)
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6. **09/28/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2083&version=20210AB208393CHP)
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7. **AB2083** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2083)
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8. **08/24/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2083&version=20210AB208394ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2083 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **68–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB2083 Bauer-Kahan By Dodd — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Utilities and Energy] — **3–3** (fail) · lower
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- Do pass. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–1** (pass) · lower
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- AB 2083 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
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- **2022-03-24** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and U. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2022-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
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- **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`
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- **2022-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **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`
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- **2022-05-02** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2022-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 0. Page 4919.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **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`
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- **2022-06-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2022-08-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2022-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-08-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4872.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2022-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 5978.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2022-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2022-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 689, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2db0000f-65ba-4465-8d8b-083ca9501628`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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