republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-900.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public utilities: rate case application: safety."
description: "Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, as defined. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility and authorizes the commission to establish rules for all public utilities, subject to control by the Legislature. If the commission finds after a hearing that the rules, practices, equipment, appliances, facilities, or service of any public utility, or the methods of manufacture, distribution, transmission, storage, or supply employed by the public utility, are unjust, unreasonable, unsafe, improper, inadequate, or insufficient, the Public Utilities Act requires that the commission determine and, by order or rule, fix the rules, practices, equipment, appliances, facilities, service, or methods to be observed, furnished, constructed, enforced, or employed. Existing law states it is the intent of the Legislature that the commission assess the economic effects or other consequences of its decisions as a part of each ratemaking, rulemaking, or other proceeding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 900"
citation: "California SB 900 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public utilities: rate case application: safety."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-01-15"
last_action: "2014-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85a00bc1-58aa-4ba2-816d-c2009ca41e82"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB900"
source_hash: "0c8964426b77f8ccdfc4b8f991951702556e458db0515be4f5b08174fb7e18b0"
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 SB 900 (20132014) — Public utilities: rate case application: safety.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, as defined. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility and authorizes the commission to establish rules for all public utilities, subject to control by the Legislature. If the commission finds after a hearing that the rules, practices, equipment, appliances, facilities, or service of any public utility, or the methods of manufacture, distribution, transmission, storage, or supply employed by the public utility, are unjust, unreasonable, unsafe, improper, inadequate, or insufficient, the Public Utilities Act requires that the commission determine and, by order or rule, fix the rules, practices, equipment, appliances, facilities, service, or methods to be observed, furnished, constructed, enforced, or employed. Existing law states it is the intent of the Legislature that the commission assess the economic effects or other consequences of its decisions as a part of each ratemaking, rulemaking, or other proceeding.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/15/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB900&version=20130SB90099INT)
2. **04/08/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB900&version=20130SB90098AMD)
3. **05/27/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB900&version=20130SB90097AMD)
4. **07/01/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB900&version=20130SB90096AMD)
5. **09/25/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB900&version=20130SB90094CHP)
6. **SB900** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB900)
7. **08/19/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB900&version=20130SB90095ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB900 Hill Concurrence — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 900 Hill Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-01-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 15.
- **2014-02-06** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-07** Set for hearing April 1.
- **2014-04-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3078.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-11** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2014-04-28** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3704.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3657.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-07** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6047.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-18** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4545.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 552, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85a00bc1-58aa-4ba2-816d-c2009ca41e82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).