The Justin Kropp Safety Act: electrical utilities: AED availability at worksites.
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, while local publicly owned electric utilities are under the direction of their governing board. Existing law authorizes the commission to establish rules for all public utilities, subject to control by the Legislature. The Public Utilities Act authorizes the commission, after a hearing, to require every public utility to construct, maintain, and operate its line, plant, system, equipment, apparatus, tracks, and premises in a manner so as to promote and safeguard the health and safety of its employees, passengers, customers, and the public, and authorizes the commission to prescribe the installation, use, maintenance, and operation of appropriate safety or other devices or appliances.
California AB 365 (20252026) — The Justin Kropp Safety Act: electrical utilities: AED availability at worksites.
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, while local publicly owned electric utilities are under the direction of their governing board. Existing law authorizes the commission to establish rules for all public utilities, subject to control by the Legislature. The Public Utilities Act authorizes the commission, after a hearing, to require every public utility to construct, maintain, and operate its line, plant, system, equipment, apparatus, tracks, and premises in a manner so as to promote and safeguard the health and safety of its employees, passengers, customers, and the public, and authorizes the commission to prescribe the installation, use, maintenance, and operation of appropriate safety or other devices or appliances.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower
AB 365 Schiavo Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Schiavo — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2025-02-04 From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
2025-02-18 Referred to Coms. on U. & E. and JUD. referral-committee
2025-03-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (March 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-03-28 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2025-04-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2025-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-24 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1386.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-05-14 Referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and JUD. referral-committee
2025-06-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 17). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-06-23 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. 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 APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-08-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2025-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2460.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3015.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2025-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 361, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a8a14526-0cad-4f1b-bbb4-cef5856567b3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).