republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-1469.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water corporations: rates."
description: "Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission, in establishing rates for water service, to consider separate charges for costs associated with customer service, facilities, variable operating costs, or other components of the water service provided to water users. Existing law requires the commission to consider, and authorizes the commission to authorize, a water corporation to establish programs, including rate designs, for achieving conservation of water and recovering the cost of these programs through the rates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1469"
citation: "California SB 1469 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water corporations: rates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradford"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1fd7c95-99c1-4d3f-9ec7-9683be850ab4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1469"
source_hash: "217e925cad34ed4acc613144be12bfe95aedc6a0fabcdc87bce5cebf1660b432"
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 1469 (20212022) — Water corporations: rates.

Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission, in establishing rates for water service, to consider separate charges for costs associated with customer service, facilities, variable operating costs, or other components of the water service provided to water users. Existing law requires the commission to consider, and authorizes the commission to authorize, a water corporation to establish programs, including rate designs, for achieving conservation of water and recovering the cost of these programs through the rates.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1469&version=20210SB146999INT)
2. **04/25/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1469&version=20210SB146998AMD)
3. **06/06/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1469&version=20210SB146997AMD)
4. **08/23/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1469&version=20210SB146996AMD)
5. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1469&version=20210SB146994CHP)
6. **SB1469** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1469)
7. **09/06/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1469&version=20210SB146995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB1469 Bradford et al. — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1469 Bradford et al. Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1469 Bradford Senate Third Reading By Holden — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bradford — primary (person)
- Becker — author (person)
- Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-22** From printer.
- **2022-03-09** Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2022-04-21** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3414.) (April 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2022-05-09** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3829.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-27** Referred to Com. on U. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06** June 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2022-06-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5318.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 890, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1fd7c95-99c1-4d3f-9ec7-9683be850ab4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).