California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 434 — Public Utilities Commission: removal of a commissioner.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 546, Statutes of 2014.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2013. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

The California Constitution establishes the Public Utilities Commission, with jurisdiction over all public utilities, and provides that the Legislature may remove a commissioner for incompetence, neglect of duty, or corruption, 23 of the membership of each house concurring. Existing law prohibits the commission, by order, decision, motion, settlement, or other action, from establishing a nonstate entity, as defined, with any moneys other than those moneys that would otherwise belong to the public utility's shareholders. That law prohibits the commission from entering into a contract with any nonstate entity in which a person serves as an owner, director, or officer while serving as a commissioner. That law additionally provides that, beginning June 1, 2014, a commissioner who acts as an owner, director, or officer of a nonstate entity that was established prior to January 1, 2014, as a result of an order, decision, motion, settlement, or other action by the Public Utilities Commission in which the commissioner participated, neglects his or her duty and may be removed pursuant to the California Constitution. This bill would provide that, beginning June 1, 2014, a commissioner who acts as an owner, director, or officer of a nonstate entity that was established as a result of an order, decision, motion, settlement, or other action by the Public Utilities Commission in which the commissioner participated, neglects his or her duty and may be removed pursuant to the California Constitution, irrespective of when the nonstate entity was established.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 546, Statutes of 2014.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 0. Page 4544.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6022.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended. (Page 5970.)

  9. Ordered to third reading.

  10. Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate.

  11. In Assembly. Held at Desk.

  12. Ordered to the Assembly.

  13. Withdrawn from engrossing and enrolling.

  14. In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  15. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5547.) Ordered to the Senate.

  16. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  17. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 9).

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

  19. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  20. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 2. Page 2621.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  21. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  22. Ordered to second reading.

  23. Withdrawn from committee.

  24. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c).

  25. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  26. Amended.

  27. Read second time.

  28. Ordered to second reading.

  29. From inactive file.

  30. Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Hill.

  31. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  32. Ordered to second reading.

  33. Read third time and amended.

  34. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  35. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 990.) (May 20).

  36. Set for hearing May 20.

  37. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  38. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 751.) (May 1).

  39. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.

  40. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.

  41. Set for hearing May 1.

  42. Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  43. Set for hearing April 24.

  44. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.

  45. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  46. Referred to Com. on RLS.

  47. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.

  48. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Hill · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Hill

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 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

Unfinished Business SB434 Hill Concurrence

Passed 27 Yea · 0 Nay · 13 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 260011
Democratic 1002
Total 270013
% of votes cast 68%0%0%33%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Block — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leno — Yea
Pavley — Not Voting
Vidak — Yea
Wolk — Not Voting
Correa — Yea
Beall — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Wright — Not Voting
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Knight — Yea
Lara — Not Voting
Lieu — Yea
Liu — Not Voting
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Roth — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Torres — Yea
Walters — Yea
De León — Not Voting
Huff — Not Voting
Evans — Not Voting
DeSaulnier — Not Voting
Wyland — Yea
Yee — Not Voting
Hancock — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Not Voting
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

SB 434 Hill Senate Third Reading By GORDON

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 72000
Democratic 4000
Republican 3000
Total 79000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mansoor — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Williams — Yea
Daly — Yea
Chau — Yea
Allen — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Holden — Yea
Gray — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Logue — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Medina — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Fong — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Pan — Yea
Perea — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Campos — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Fox — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
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 Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

SB 434 Hill Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 71001
Democratic 4000
Republican 2001
Total 77002
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mansoor — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Ting — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Campos — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Salas — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Fong — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Perea — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Chau — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Holden — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Allen — Yea
Conway — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Logue — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Pan — Yea
Gray — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Fox — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
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 Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, to Consent Calendar.

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12001
Republican 2000
Total 14001
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Bradford — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Skinner — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading

Passed 26 Yea · 2 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 232011
Democratic 3000
Total 262011
% of votes cast 67%5%0%28%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Pavley — Not Voting
Steinberg — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Correa — Not Voting
DeSaulnier — Not Voting
Evans — Not Voting
Cannella — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Wright — Not Voting
Wyland — Not Voting
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Knight — Yea
Lara — Not Voting
Leno — Yea
Lieu — Not Voting
Liu — Nay
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Not Voting
Roth — Not Voting
Torres — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wolk — Not Voting
Fuller — Yea
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Nay
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 4 Yea · 2 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 3201
Democratic 1000
Total 4201
% of votes cast 57%29%0%14%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Hill — Yea
De León — Yea
Lara — Not Voting
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 434 do?
The California Constitution establishes the Public Utilities Commission, with jurisdiction over all public utilities, and provides that the Legislature may remove a commissioner for incompetence, neglect of duty, or corruption, 23 of the membership of each house concurring. Existing law prohibits the commission, by order, decision, motion, settlement, or other action, from establishing a nonstate entity, as defined, with any moneys other than those moneys that would otherwise belong to the public utility's shareholders. That law prohibits the commission from entering into a contract with any nonstate entity in which a person serves as an owner, director, or officer while serving as a commissioner. That law additionally provides that, beginning June 1, 2014, a commissioner who acts as an owner, director, or officer of a nonstate entity that was established prior to January 1, 2014, as a result of an order, decision, motion, settlement, or other action by the Public Utilities Commission in which the commissioner participated, neglects his or her duty and may be removed pursuant to the California Constitution. This bill would provide that, beginning June 1, 2014, a commissioner who acts as an owner, director, or officer of a nonstate entity that was established as a result of an order, decision, motion, settlement, or other action by the Public Utilities Commission in which the commissioner participated, neglects his or her duty and may be removed pursuant to the California Constitution, irrespective of when the nonstate entity was established.
Who sponsors SB 434?
SB 434 is sponsored by Hill.
What is the current status of SB 434?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2013. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 434?
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