republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1068.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Utilities Commission: ex parte communications."
description: "Existing law establishes various requirements for ex parte communication between the Public Utilities Commission and interested parties for ratesetting cases and catastrophic wildfire proceedings and, among other things, authorizes the commission, by order or rule, to prohibit ex parte communications. Existing law authorizes written ex parte communications by an interested person to be permitted in ratesetting cases and catastrophic wildfire proceedings if copies of the communication are transmitted to all parties on the same day as the original communication, and requires the commission to establish a quiet period during the 3 business days before the commission's scheduled vote on a decision in ratesetting cases and catastrophic wildfire proceedings, during which oral and written ex parte communications are prohibited."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1068"
citation: "California AB 1068 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Utilities Commission", "ex parte communications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valencia"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7195fbf-8af9-4f9d-977c-c42422bea3b8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1068"
source_hash: "c4929bf3e08fcc9451e3769c39877e665e0a1963a824cce1d83e9c7d03ebf88c"
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 1068 (20232024) — Public Utilities Commission: ex parte communications.

Existing law establishes various requirements for ex parte communication between the Public Utilities Commission and interested parties for ratesetting cases and catastrophic wildfire proceedings and, among other things, authorizes the commission, by order or rule, to prohibit ex parte communications. Existing law authorizes written ex parte communications by an interested person to be permitted in ratesetting cases and catastrophic wildfire proceedings if copies of the communication are transmitted to all parties on the same day as the original communication, and requires the commission to establish a quiet period during the 3 business days before the commission's scheduled vote on a decision in ratesetting cases and catastrophic wildfire proceedings, during which oral and written ex parte communications are prohibited.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1068&version=20230AB106899INT)
2. **03/27/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1068&version=20230AB106898AMD)
3. **06/21/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1068&version=20230AB106897AMD)
4. **07/13/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1068&version=20230AB106896AMD)
5. **09/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1068&version=20230AB106895AMD)
6. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1068&version=20230AB106893CHP)
7. **AB1068** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1068)
8. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1068&version=20230AB106894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1068 Valencia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1068 Valencia By Padilla — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- AB 1068 Valencia Assembly Third Reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Valencia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Com. on U. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** From Consent Calendar.
- **2023-04-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 1487.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-17** Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (July 3). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 3. Page 2728.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2023-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3537.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 826, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7195fbf-8af9-4f9d-977c-c42422bea3b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).