California Assembly Bill 551

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on September 20 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-09-20 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 299, Statutes of 2024.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

An act to amend Sections 311 and 1731 of, and to add Section 1002.4 to, the Public Utilities Code, relating to the Public Utilities Commission.

Public Utilities Commission.

Asm. Steve Bennett [D]

2024-08-31 - Assembly - AB 551 Bennett Concurrence in Senate Amendments (Y: 75 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2024-08-30 - Senate - Assembly 3rd Reading AB551 Bennett By Becker (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-08-15 - Senate - Do pass as amended (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-08-05 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-07-02 - Senate - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-07-03 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-06-21 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-05-25 - Assembly - AB 551 Bennett Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session (Y: 76 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-05-17 - Assembly - Do pass. To Consent Calendar (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-04-25 - Assembly - Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-18 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-09-20		Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 299, Statutes of 2024.
2024-09-20		Approved by the Governor.
2024-09-12		Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-08-31	Assembly	Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.).
2024-08-31	Assembly	In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2024-08-30	Senate	Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
2024-08-28	Senate	Ordered to third reading.
2024-08-28	Senate	From Special consent calendar by Senator Becker
2024-08-26	Senate	Ordered to special consent calendar.
2024-08-19	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2024-08-15	Senate	Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2024-08-15	Senate	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15).
2024-08-05	Senate	In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file.
2024-07-03	Senate	Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2024-07-02	Senate	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (July 2).
2024-06-12	Senate	Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C.
2024-06-11	Senate	Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2024-06-11	Senate	Withdrawn from committee.
2024-06-11	Senate	Measure version as amended on June 10 corrected.
2024-06-10	Senate	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2023-07-05	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2023-06-22	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
2023-06-07	Senate	Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and HUMAN S.
2023-05-26	Senate	In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2023-05-25	Assembly	Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1811.).
2023-05-18	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2023-05-17	Assembly	From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 17).
2023-05-01	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2023-04-27	Assembly	Read second time and amended.
2023-04-26	Assembly	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 25).
2023-04-19	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2023-04-07	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.
2023-04-06	Assembly	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended.
2023-03-14	Assembly	In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2023-02-17	Assembly	Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and HEALTH.
2023-02-09	Assembly	From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
2023-02-08	Assembly	Read first time. To print.

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Public Utilities Code	1002.4	New Code	See Bill Text
Public Utilities Code	1731	Amended Code	Citation Text
Public Utilities Code	311	Amended Code	Citation Text

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