republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1694.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gas pipeline safety inspections."
description: "Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to undertake a gas safety inspection and enforcement program for mobilehome parks with distribution systems to ensure compliance with the federal pipeline standards, as defined, by propane operators within the state. Existing law requires that the commission conduct an initial inspection, and, if the operator demonstrates compliance, to inspect the system every 5 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1694"
citation: "California AB 1694 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gas pipeline safety inspections."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fuentes"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-15"
last_action: "2012-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e6b03c8-85b3-4d47-b5a2-14308411a92d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1694"
source_hash: "b6d1fdae1e01cea51d549797e5fac9c0a4e65eb6208fdc2086bcfba2d4c4d928"
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 1694 (20112012) — Gas pipeline safety inspections.

Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to undertake a gas safety inspection and enforcement program for mobilehome parks with distribution systems to ensure compliance with the federal pipeline standards, as defined, by propane operators within the state. Existing law requires that the commission conduct an initial inspection, and, if the operator demonstrates compliance, to inspect the system every 5 years.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1694&version=20110AB169499INT)
2. **03/21/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1694&version=20110AB169498AMD)
3. **04/16/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1694&version=20110AB169497AMD)
4. **04/25/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1694&version=20110AB169496AMD)
5. **07/13/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1694&version=20110AB169494CHP)
6. **AB1694** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1694)
7. **07/02/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1694&version=20110AB169495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1694 FUENTES Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fuentes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2012-02-23** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-21** 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`
- **2012-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-04-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-16** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-25** 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`
- **2012-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4784.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4182.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-28** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2012-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 112, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e6b03c8-85b3-4d47-b5a2-14308411a92d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).