California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 1410 — Public utilities: inspection and audit of books and records.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 361, Statutes of 2018.

  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 16, 2018. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, gas corporations, heat corporations, telegraph corporations, telephone corporations, and water corporations. The California Constitution authorizes the commission to establish rules, examine records, and prescribe a uniform system of accounts for all public utilities. The Public Utilities Act requires the commission to inspect and audit the books and records of electrical corporations, gas corporations, heat corporations, telegraph corporations, telephone corporations, and water corporations for regulatory and tax purposes. An inspection and audit is required to be done at least every 3 years if the utility has over 1,000 customers and at least once every 5 years if the utility has 1,000 or fewer customers. This bill would require the more frequent inspection and audit only for a utility with more than 10,000 customers. The bill would, for those utilities, alternatively authorize the commission to inspect and audit the books and records of those utilities in accordance with the commission authorized general rate case cycle, if that cycle provides for a rate case no less frequently than once every five years.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 361, Statutes of 2018.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5430.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6314.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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

  9. From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8).

  10. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  11. Referred to Com. on U. & E.

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

  13. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4938.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  14. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  15. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  16. Set for hearing April 16.

  17. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 4514.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  18. Set for hearing April 3.

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

  20. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.

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

Sponsors

  • Morrell · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Morrell

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB1410 Morrell Concurrence

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33002
Democratic 5000
Total 38002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Chang — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Allen — Yea
Delgado — Yea
De León — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Pan — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Cannella — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

SB 1410 Morrell Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 54004
Democratic 16000
Republican 6000
Total 76004
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Not Voting
Brough — Yea
Harper — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
McCarty — Not Voting
Ting — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Salas — Yea
Burke — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gray — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Not Voting
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chau — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 3000
Republican 1000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Chau — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

Official roll call →

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

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11000
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 15000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Holden — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Burke — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33001
Democratic 5000
Total 38001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Lara — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Allen — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Not Voting
Fuller — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Beall — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Newman — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1410 do?
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, gas corporations, heat corporations, telegraph corporations, telephone corporations, and water corporations. The California Constitution authorizes the commission to establish rules, examine records, and prescribe a uniform system of accounts for all public utilities. The Public Utilities Act requires the commission to inspect and audit the books and records of electrical corporations, gas corporations, heat corporations, telegraph corporations, telephone corporations, and water corporations for regulatory and tax purposes. An inspection and audit is required to be done at least every 3 years if the utility has over 1,000 customers and at least once every 5 years if the utility has 1,000 or fewer customers. This bill would require the more frequent inspection and audit only for a utility with more than 10,000 customers. The bill would, for those utilities, alternatively authorize the commission to inspect and audit the books and records of those utilities in accordance with the commission authorized general rate case cycle, if that cycle provides for a rate case no less frequently than once every five years.
Who sponsors SB 1410?
SB 1410 is sponsored by Morrell.
What is the current status of SB 1410?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2018. Enacted.
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