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Bill Electrical corporations and gas corporations: rate recovery: political activities and promotional advertising. Existing law authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to fix the rates and charges for public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, and requires those rates and charges to be just and reasonable. Under existing law, a regulated public utility is prohibited from using ratepayer funds for advocacy-related activities that are political or do not otherwise benefit ratepayers. us/states/ca California Legislature 20252026 AB 1167 California AB 1167 (20252026)
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California AB 1167 (20252026) — Electrical corporations and gas corporations: rate recovery: political activities and promotional advertising.

Existing law authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to fix the rates and charges for public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, and requires those rates and charges to be just and reasonable. Under existing law, a regulated public utility is prohibited from using ratepayer funds for advocacy-related activities that are political or do not otherwise benefit ratepayers.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/21/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/25/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 05/05/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  5. 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  6. 06/19/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  7. 07/03/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  8. 08/29/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  9. 10/11/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  10. AB1167 (committee substitute) — source
  11. 09/12/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • 3rd Reading AB1167 Berman et al. By McNerney — 3010 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended — 52 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended. — 100 (pass) · lower
  • AB 1167 Berman Assembly Third Reading — 521 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 130 (pass) · lower
  • AB 1167 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 508 (pass) · lower
  • Placed on suspense file — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 134 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Berman — primary (person)
  • Addis — author (person)
  • Allen — coauthor (person)
  • Irwin — coauthor (person)
  • Kalra — coauthor (person)
  • McNerney — principal coauthor (person)
  • Rogers — coauthor (person)
  • Schiavo — coauthor (person)
  • Schultz — coauthor (person)
  • Stern — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
  • 2025-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
  • 2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
  • 2025-03-24 Referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
  • 2025-03-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-03-26 Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
  • 2025-04-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
  • 2025-05-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 30). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2025-05-05 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-05-06 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
  • 2025-05-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
  • 2025-05-23 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
  • 2025-05-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 23). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
  • 2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 1. Page 1917.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2025-06-11 Referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and JUD. referral-committee
  • 2025-06-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U & C. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-07-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (July 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2025-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-07-07 Withdrawn from committee.
  • 2025-07-07 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
  • 2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
  • 2025-08-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
  • 2025-08-29 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2660.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  • 2025-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 8. Page 3251.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  • 2025-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2025-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 634, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bea78f03-7eec-4f3c-8d71-780df140289f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).