California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: In Committee

AB 1601 — Public utilities: information: confidentiality.

Last action — From committee without further action.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2013-2014 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

The Public Utilities Act prohibits the commission or an officer or employee of the commission from disclosing any information furnished to the commission by a public utility, a subsidiary, an affiliate, or a corporation holding a controlling interest in a public utility, unless the information is specifically required to be open to public inspection under the act, except on order of the commission or a commissioner in the course of a hearing or proceeding. This bill would instead require the information to be open to public inspection unless federal or state law or an order of the commission requires the information to be closed to inspection, or the withholding of that information is specified by the commission, a commissioner, or an administrative law judge in the course of a hearing or proceeding. The bill would authorize a public utility, a subsidiary or affiliate of the public utility, or a corporation holding a controlling interest in a public utility providing information to request the commission to withhold from public disclosure all or a portion of the information provided. The bill would require the commission, a commissioner, or the assigned administrative law judge to issue an order on the request within 45 days of the request. The bill would provide that the information be deemed a public record subject to public inspection if the commission, a commissioner, or the assigned administrative law judge fails to issue an order within 45 days of the request.

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Action History

  1. From committee without further action.

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

  3. From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.

  4. Read first time. To print.

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1601 do?
The Public Utilities Act prohibits the commission or an officer or employee of the commission from disclosing any information furnished to the commission by a public utility, a subsidiary, an affiliate, or a corporation holding a controlling interest in a public utility, unless the information is specifically required to be open to public inspection under the act, except on order of the commission or a commissioner in the course of a hearing or proceeding. This bill would instead require the information to be open to public inspection unless federal or state law or an order of the commission requires the information to be closed to inspection, or the withholding of that information is specified by the commission, a commissioner, or an administrative law judge in the course of a hearing or proceeding. The bill would authorize a public utility, a subsidiary or affiliate of the public utility, or a corporation holding a controlling interest in a public utility providing information to request the commission to withhold from public disclosure all or a portion of the information provided. The bill would require the commission, a commissioner, or the assigned administrative law judge to issue an order on the request within 45 days of the request. The bill would provide that the information be deemed a public record subject to public inspection if the commission, a commissioner, or the assigned administrative law judge fails to issue an order within 45 days of the request.
Who sponsors AB 1601?
AB 1601 is sponsored by Mark Stone.
What is the current status of AB 1601?
This bill died with 2013-2014 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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