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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public utilities: gas and electric service disconnections."
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description: "Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, and can establish its own procedures, subject to statutory limitations or directions and constitutional requirements of due process. Existing law requires the commission to designate a baseline quantity of electricity and gas necessary for a significant portion of the reasonable energy needs of the average residential customer, and to establish a higher energy allowance above the baseline for residential customers dependent on life-support equipment. Existing law requires certain notice be given before an electrical or gas corporation may terminate residential service for nonpayment of a delinquent account and prohibits termination of service for nonpayment in certain circumstances."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "SB 598"
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citation: "California SB 598 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public utilities: gas and electric service disconnections."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hueso"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-17"
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last_action: "2017-09-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcf487f1-87c0-4062-bdd9-7980cc64b25a"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB598"
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source_hash: "631289de8f0d35edee8cf781e8920043f7db3f559b280dce9c1eaeeb614150ea"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 598 (20172018) — Public utilities: gas and electric service disconnections.
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Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, and can establish its own procedures, subject to statutory limitations or directions and constitutional requirements of due process. Existing law requires the commission to designate a baseline quantity of electricity and gas necessary for a significant portion of the reasonable energy needs of the average residential customer, and to establish a higher energy allowance above the baseline for residential customers dependent on life-support equipment. Existing law requires certain notice be given before an electrical or gas corporation may terminate residential service for nonpayment of a delinquent account and prohibits termination of service for nonpayment in certain circumstances.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB598&version=20170SB59899INT)
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2. **07/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB598&version=20170SB59898AMD)
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3. **07/19/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB598&version=20170SB59897AMD)
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4. **09/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB598&version=20170SB59896AMD)
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5. **09/08/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB598&version=20170SB59895AMD)
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6. **09/11/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB598&version=20170SB59894AMD)
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7. **09/28/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB598&version=20170SB59892CHP)
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8. **SB598** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB598)
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9. **09/20/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB598&version=20170SB59893ENR)
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## Votes
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- Special Consent Calendar # SB598 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hueso — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
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- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-09** Set for hearing April 4.
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- **2017-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 621.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-06** Set for hearing April 17.
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- **2017-04-17** April 17 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2017-05-19** Set for hearing May 25.
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- **2017-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1188.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-26** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2017-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1357.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2017-06-12** Referred to Com. on U. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-07-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-07-18** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-07-19** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
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- **2017-08-23** August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-09-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2017-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-08** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-08** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2017-09-08** Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-09-11** September 11 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2017-09-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-12** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 21. Page 3223.)
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- **2017-09-12** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2017-09-12** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2017-09-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 19. Page 3488.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2017-09-16** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3016.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2017-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 362, Statutes of 2017.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcf487f1-87c0-4062-bdd9-7980cc64b25a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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