California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly

AB 1471 — Public Utilities Commission.

Last action — In committee: Held under submission.

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

This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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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Summary

The California Constitution establishes the Public Utilities Commission, with jurisdiction over all public utilities, subject to control by the Legislature. The California Constitution provides that the commission consists of 5 members appointed by the Governor and approved by the Senate, a majority of the membership concurring. This bill would, beginning January 1, 2023, state that when selecting and confirming commissioners, the Governor and Senate should consider achieving regional diversity by selecting at least one candidate with a permanent residence in northern California, at least one candidate with a permanent residence in the central valley, and at least one candidate with a permanent residence in southern California, and directs that the Governor and Senate should consider a candidate pool that collectively represents each of those areas. Existing law requires that the office of the commission be in the City and County of San Francisco. This bill would authorize the office of the commission to be located in the City and County of San Francisco and authorize the commission to consider options to locate operations and staff outside of the commission's San Francisco headquarters, including in the City of Stockton.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. In committee: Held under submission.

  2. In committee: Referred to suspense file.

  3. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  4. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 1693.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

  5. Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and G.O.

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

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 4. Page 1403.)

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 5).

  10. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  11. Read second time and amended.

  12. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (April 21).

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

  14. Read first time.

  15. From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  16. Introduced. To print.

Sponsors

  • Villapudua · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Villapudua

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5000
Republican 1000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bradford — Yea
Bates — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11000
Democratic 2001
Republican 1000
Total 14001
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Bradford — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Borgeas — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Becker, Josh Democratic Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization]

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8001
Republican 2000
Democratic 1002
Total 11003
% of votes cast 79%0%0%21%
How each member voted (14)
Member Party Vote
Min — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Borgeas — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gonzalez — Not Voting
Becker, Josh Democratic Not Voting
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea

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AB 1471 Villapudua Assembly Third Reading

Passed 72 Yea · 4 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 26001
Unaffiliated 36401
Republican 10000
Total 72402
% of votes cast 92%5%0%3%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Holden — Yea
Villapudua — Yea
Salas — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Wood — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Low — Yea
Frazier — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Daly — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Gray — Yea
Smith — Yea
Burke — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Chau — Yea
Levine — Nay
Chiu — Nay
Ting — Nay
Friedman — Nay
Quirk — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Bennett, Steve Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Not Voting
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Lee, Alex Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Ward, Christopher M. Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea
Seyarto, Kelly Republican Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Democratic 7000
Republican 2000
Total 16000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Chau — Yea
Levine — Yea
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea

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

Passed 13 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 4000
Unaffiliated 7101
Republican 2000
Total 13101
% of votes cast 87%7%0%7%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Burke — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Chau — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Ting — Nay
Quirk — Not Voting
Cunningham — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1471 do?
The California Constitution establishes the Public Utilities Commission, with jurisdiction over all public utilities, subject to control by the Legislature. The California Constitution provides that the commission consists of 5 members appointed by the Governor and approved by the Senate, a majority of the membership concurring. This bill would, beginning January 1, 2023, state that when selecting and confirming commissioners, the Governor and Senate should consider achieving regional diversity by selecting at least one candidate with a permanent residence in northern California, at least one candidate with a permanent residence in the central valley, and at least one candidate with a permanent residence in southern California, and directs that the Governor and Senate should consider a candidate pool that collectively represents each of those areas. Existing law requires that the office of the commission be in the City and County of San Francisco. This bill would authorize the office of the commission to be located in the City and County of San Francisco and authorize the commission to consider options to locate operations and staff outside of the commission's San Francisco headquarters, including in the City of Stockton.
Who sponsors AB 1471?
AB 1471 is sponsored by Villapudua.
What is the current status of AB 1471?
This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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.
Where can I track AB 1471?
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