California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 1678 — Women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprise procurement.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 633, Statutes of 2014.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 12, 2014. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical, gas, water, and telephone corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to establish rules for all public utilities, subject to control by the Legislature. Existing law directs the commission to require every electrical, gas, water, wireless telecommunications service provider, and telephone corporation with annual gross revenues exceeding $25,000,000, and their regulated subsidiaries and affiliates, to implement a program developed by the commission to encourage, recruit, and utilize minority-, women-, and disabled veteran-owned business enterprises, as defined, in the procurement of contracts from those corporations or from their regulated subsidiaries and affiliates, and to require the reporting of certain information. The commission, by its rulemaking authority, has adopted General Order 156, applicable to certain electrical, gas, and telephone corporations, to effectuate these requirements. Existing law includes the declaration by the Legislature that each electrical, gas, water, mobile telephony service provider, and telephone corporation that is not required to submit a plan, and each cable television corporation and direct broadcast satellite provider, is encouraged to voluntarily adopt a plan for increasing women, minority, and disabled veteran business enterprise procurement in all categories. Existing law requires the commission, by rule or order, to adopt criteria for verifying and determining eligibility of women and minority business enterprises for procurement contracts. Existing law requires the commission to provide to the Legislature a specified report on the progress of activities undertaken by certain entities in the implementation of women, minority, and disabled business enterprise development programs. Existing law requires the commission to recommend a program and legislation for carrying out the policy of aiding the interests of women, minority, and disabled veteran business enterprises. This bill would extend these provisions to LGBT business enterprises, as defined. In initially adopting criteria for verifying and determining the eligibility of LGBT business enterprises for procurement contracts, the bill would require the commission to adopt the LGBT status qualifiers created by the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. The bill would authorize the commission to update the LGBT status qualifiers as appropriate. (2) This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 8282 of the Public Utilities Code, proposed by AB 2760, to be operative only if AB 2760 and this bill are chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2015, and this bill is chaptered last. (3) Under existing law, a violation of any provision of any rules or orders of the commission is a crime. In addition, any person or corporation who falsely represents a business as a women, minority, or disabled veteran business enterprise for the purposes of the program discussed above is subject to criminal penalties. This bill would also subject any person or corporation who falsely represents a business as an LGBT business enterprise for the purposes of the program discussed above to criminal penalties. Because a violation of the requirements of the bill would be a crime under those provisions, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (4) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 633, Statutes of 2014.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 22. Page 6515.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 9. Page 4823.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended.

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. 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.

  13. Referred to Com. on E., U., & C.

  14. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  15. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 20. Page 4942.)

  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  17. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  18. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 30).

  19. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  20. Referred to Com. on U. & C.

  21. From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.

  22. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Dickinson · Cosponsor
  • Gordon · Primary
  • Ting · Cosponsor
  • Mike Fong · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 118 not signed on · 5 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Gordon

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (118)

118 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB 1678 GORDON Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 54 Yea · 22 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 501903
Democratic 4000
Republican 0300
Total 542203
% of votes cast 68%28%0%4%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Not Voting
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Linder — Nay
Maienschein — Nay
Mansoor — Nay
Rodriguez — Yea
Waldron — Not Voting
Wilk — Nay
Daly — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Fong — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hagman — Nay
Harkey — Not Voting
Holden — Yea
Levine — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Logue — Nay
John A. Pérez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Allen — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Nestande — Nay
Olsen — Nay
Chesbro — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Chávez — Nay
Conway — Nay
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Pan — Yea
Perea — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Weber — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Williams — Yea
Fox — Nay
Gomez — Yea
Gorell — Nay
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Jim Patterson — Nay
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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3rd Reading AB1678 Gordon By Leno

Passed 22 Yea · 9 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 20908
Democratic 2001
Total 22909
% of votes cast 55%23%0%23%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Beall — Yea
Huff — Nay
Leno — Yea
Monning — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Wolk — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Correa — Not Voting
Evans — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Wright — Not Voting
De León — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Hancock — Not Voting
Hernandez — Not Voting
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Block — Yea
Knight — Not Voting
Lara — Not Voting
Lieu — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Torres — Yea
Walters — Nay
DeSaulnier — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Yee — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

AB 1678 GORDON Assembly Third Reading

Passed 54 Yea · 20 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 501705
Democratic 4000
Republican 0300
Total 542005
% of votes cast 68%25%0%6%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Not Voting
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Logue — Nay
Maienschein — Not Voting
Mansoor — Not Voting
Nazarian — Yea
Perea — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Weber — Yea
Holden — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Fong — Yea
Campos — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hall — Yea
Levine — Yea
Medina — Yea
Pan — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Williams — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Cooley — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Chávez — Nay
Conway — Nay
Donnelly — Nay
Fox — Nay
Gorell — Nay
Harkey — Nay
Linder — Nay
Allen — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Nestande — Not Voting
Olsen — Nay
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Waldron — Not Voting
Wilk — Nay
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Hagman — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Jim Patterson — Nay
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 12 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11400
Democratic 1000
Republican 0100
Total 12500
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Nay
Bradford — Yea
Holden — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Weber — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Linder — Nay
Campos — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Pan — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 10 Yea · 3 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10102
Republican 0200
Total 10302
% of votes cast 67%20%0%13%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Bradford — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Chávez — Not Voting
Fong — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Jim Patterson — Not Voting
Roger Hernández — Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1678 do?
(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical, gas, water, and telephone corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to establish rules for all public utilities, subject to control by the Legislature. Existing law directs the commission to require every electrical, gas, water, wireless telecommunications service provider, and telephone corporation with annual gross revenues exceeding $25,000,000, and their regulated subsidiaries and affiliates, to implement a program developed by the commission to encourage, recruit, and utilize minority-, women-, and disabled veteran-owned business enterprises, as defined, in the procurement of contracts from those corporations or from their regulated subsidiaries and affiliates, and to require the reporting of certain information. The commission, by its rulemaking authority, has adopted General Order 156, applicable to certain electrical, gas, and telephone corporations, to effectuate these requirements. Existing law includes the declaration by the Legislature that each electrical, gas, water, mobile telephony service provider, and telephone corporation that is not required to submit a plan, and each cable television corporation and direct broadcast satellite provider, is encouraged to voluntarily adopt a plan for increasing women, minority, and disabled veteran business enterprise procurement in all categories. Existing law requires the commission, by rule or order, to adopt criteria for verifying and determining eligibility of women and minority business enterprises for procurement contracts. Existing law requires the commission to provide to the Legislature a specified report on the progress of activities undertaken by certain entities in the implementation of women, minority, and disabled business enterprise development programs. Existing law requires the commission to recommend a program and legislation for carrying out the policy of aiding the interests of women, minority, and disabled veteran business enterprises. This bill would extend these provisions to LGBT business enterprises, as defined. In initially adopting criteria for verifying and determining the eligibility of LGBT business enterprises for procurement contracts, the bill would require the commission to adopt the LGBT status qualifiers created by the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. The bill would authorize the commission to update the LGBT status qualifiers as appropriate. (2) This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 8282 of the Public Utilities Code, proposed by AB 2760, to be operative only if AB 2760 and this bill are chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2015, and this bill is chaptered last. (3) Under existing law, a violation of any provision of any rules or orders of the commission is a crime. In addition, any person or corporation who falsely represents a business as a women, minority, or disabled veteran business enterprise for the purposes of the program discussed above is subject to criminal penalties. This bill would also subject any person or corporation who falsely represents a business as an LGBT business enterprise for the purposes of the program discussed above to criminal penalties. Because a violation of the requirements of the bill would be a crime under those provisions, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (4) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors AB 1678?
AB 1678 is sponsored by Dickinson, Gordon, Ting, and Fong, Mike (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 1678?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 12, 2014. Enacted.
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