republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1027.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local publicly owned electric utilities: utility poles and support structures."
description: "(1) Existing law provides for the creation of local publicly owned electric utilities, which include municipal corporations, municipal utility districts, public utility districts, and irrigation districts, that furnish electric services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1027"
citation: "California AB 1027 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local publicly owned electric utilities: utility poles and support structures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buchanan"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a6603ea-d9b3-45a3-bde1-b8d7e98dc16a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1027"
source_hash: "536d504e2ae0ef1e219a4c6f075b67ae9038497812c258851a0c8cf3b1ba6092"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1027 (20112012) — Local publicly owned electric utilities: utility poles and support structures.

(1) Existing law provides for the creation of local publicly owned electric utilities, which include municipal corporations, municipal utility districts, public utility districts, and irrigation districts, that furnish electric services.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1027&version=20110AB102799INT)
2. **04/25/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1027&version=20110AB102798AMD)
3. **04/28/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1027&version=20110AB102797AMD)
4. **05/11/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1027&version=20110AB102796AMD)
5. **06/01/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1027&version=20110AB102795AMD)
6. **06/28/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1027&version=20110AB102794AMD)
7. **07/13/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1027&version=20110AB102793AMD)
8. **10/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1027&version=20110AB102791CHP)
9. **AB1027** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1027)
10. **09/06/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1027&version=20110AB102792ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1027 BUCHANAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **72–5** (pass) · lower
- AB 1027 BUCHANAN Assembly Third Reading — **70–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1027 Buchanan By DeSaulnier — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Buchanan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-14** Referred to Coms. on U. & C. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-28** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-12** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1690.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 4. Page 1855.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-16** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** 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. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2081.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 31 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 5. Page 2727.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 580, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a6603ea-d9b3-45a3-bde1-b8d7e98dc16a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).