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Bill	Public Utilities Commission.	Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to submit amendments, revisions, or modifications of its Rules of Practice and Procedure to the Office of Administrative Law for prior review, but exempts from that requirement general orders, resolutions, or other substantive regulations.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 551	California AB 551 (20232024)	bill	Public Utilities Commission	enacted	Bennett	9	37	11	2023-02-08	2024-09-20	openstates	ocd-bill/f3370b1a-41c5-4a65-943b-60e39ae879d0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB551	468ef8a3da8f86a040b1ea6e44dabb9e0a02f46455b5855e6a87960a9cfc8e8c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 551 (20232024) — Public Utilities Commission.

Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to submit amendments, revisions, or modifications of its Rules of Practice and Procedure to the Office of Administrative Law for prior review, but exempts from that requirement general orders, resolutions, or other substantive regulations.

Version chain

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

1. 02/08/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/27/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/10/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/03/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/15/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/20/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB551 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/05/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB551 Bennett By Becker — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 551 Bennett Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 18–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 551 Bennett Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bennett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
• 2023-02-17 Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2023-03-14 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-04-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 25). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-27 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-05-17 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-25 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1811.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-07 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2023-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-11 Measure version as amended on June 10 corrected. amendment-passage
• 2024-06-11 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2024-06-11 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2024-06-12 Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
• 2024-07-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (July 2). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-08-05 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-08-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2024-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-26 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2024-08-28 From Special consent calendar by Senator Becker
• 2024-08-28 Ordered to third reading.
• 2024-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2024-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 299, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f3370b1a-41c5-4a65-943b-60e39ae879d0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).