republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1456.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gas corporations: safety performance metrics: rate incentive program."
description: "Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including gas corporations, as defined. 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, the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011, among other things, prohibits a gas corporation from recovering any fine or penalty in any rate approved by the commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1456"
citation: "California AB 1456 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gas corporations: safety performance metrics: rate incentive program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-01-09"
last_action: "2012-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac5fe863-db02-4521-a284-ee728a30addd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1456"
source_hash: "ad8ce53b8ccec443495d39cc61e55843309203b5ef23af31f15c3d337efdbe88"
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 1456 (20112012) — Gas corporations: safety performance metrics: rate incentive program.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including gas corporations, as defined. 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, the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011, among other things, prohibits a gas corporation from recovering any fine or penalty in any rate approved by the commission.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/09/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1456&version=20110AB145699INT)
2. **04/17/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1456&version=20110AB145698AMD)
3. **05/25/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1456&version=20110AB145697AMD)
4. **08/21/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1456&version=20110AB145696AMD)
5. **09/23/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1456&version=20110AB145694CHP)
6. **AB1456** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1456)
7. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1456&version=20110AB145695ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1456 HILL Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1456 Hill By Fuller — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1456 HILL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-01-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-01-10** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2012-01-19** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-16** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 9). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-17** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5100.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4705.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6298.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2012-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 469, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac5fe863-db02-4521-a284-ee728a30addd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).