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type: "Bill"
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title: "Electricity: electrical transmission facilities."
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description: "Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. The commission, through a general order, prohibits an electrical corporation from beginning construction of a new electric generating plant, electric transmission, power, or distribution line facility, or new, upgraded, or modified substation without first complying with specified requirements."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "SB 529"
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citation: "California SB 529 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Electricity: electrical transmission facilities."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-02-17"
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last_action: "2022-09-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae48eb09-ed17-4702-ac88-af90ac72d21f"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB529"
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source_hash: "f24bc61c0075ec5fde6492b61f62c5fdace8aae9e290a2d1682431b26d63ac89"
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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 529 (20212022) — Electricity: electrical transmission facilities.
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Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. The commission, through a general order, prohibits an electrical corporation from beginning construction of a new electric generating plant, electric transmission, power, or distribution line facility, or new, upgraded, or modified substation without first complying with specified requirements.
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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. **02/17/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB529&version=20210SB52999INT)
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2. **06/16/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB529&version=20210SB52998AMD)
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3. **08/23/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB529&version=20210SB52997AMD)
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4. **09/16/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB529&version=20210SB52995CHP)
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5. **SB529** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB529)
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6. **09/06/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB529&version=20210SB52996ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **12–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 529 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By Quirk — **65–4** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB529 Hertzberg Concurrence — **31–9** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Be re-referred to the Committee on [Utilities and Energy] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hertzberg — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
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- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
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- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
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- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
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- **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-26** Set for hearing April 19.
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- **2021-04-14** April 19 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2021-04-15** Set for hearing April 26.
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- **2021-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 915.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-30** Set for hearing May 10.
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- **2021-05-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1087.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2021-05-20** Referred to Com. on U. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-17** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-16** Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-16** 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`
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- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2022-07-29** August 3 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2022-08-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (August 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-08-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2022-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2022-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5380.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2022-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2022-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 357, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
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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/ae48eb09-ed17-4702-ac88-af90ac72d21f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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