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AB 1068 is sponsored by Valencia, Avelino (Democratic).

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California 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 1068 — Public Utilities Commission: ex parte communications.

Last action October 13, 2023 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 826, Statutes of 2023.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 15, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Gavin Newsom (Democratic) on October 13, 2023.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
1 sponsor

1 primary, 0 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

Existing law establishes various requirements for ex parte communication between the Public Utilities Commission and interested parties for ratesetting cases and catastrophic wildfire proceedings and, among other things, authorizes the commission, by order or rule, to prohibit ex parte communications. Existing law authorizes written ex parte communications by an interested person to be permitted in ratesetting cases and catastrophic wildfire proceedings if copies of the communication are transmitted to all parties on the same day as the original communication, and requires the commission to establish a quiet period during the 3 business days before the commission's scheduled vote on a decision in ratesetting cases and catastrophic wildfire proceedings, during which oral and written ex parte communications are prohibited. This bill would authorize the commission, by order or rule, to prohibit oral ex parte communications, rather than all ex parte communications, in ratesetting cases and catastrophic wildfire proceedings. The bill would expressly authorize a written ex parte communication to occur at any time before the 3 business days before the commission's scheduled vote on a decision without restriction during ratesetting cases and catastrophic wildfire proceedings if copies of the communication are transmitted to all parties on the same day as the original communication. The bill would delete the prohibition on written ex parte communications during the quiet periods of ratesetting cases and catastrophic wildfire proceedings, and would instead authorize an interested person to submit a written ex parte communication during the 3 business days before the commission's scheduled vote on a proposed decision in a ratesetting case or catastrophic wildfire proceeding if the commission materially modifies the proposed decision during that time period, as specified.

Bill Text

Chaptered 10/13/23 - Chaptered Current pdf October 13, 2023
Enrolled 09/18/23 - Enrolled pdf September 18, 2023
Amended 09/08/23 - Amended Senate pdf September 08, 2023
Amended 07/13/23 - Amended Senate pdf July 13, 2023
Amended 06/21/23 - Amended Senate pdf June 21, 2023
Amended 03/27/23 - Amended Assembly pdf March 27, 2023
Introduced 02/15/23 - Introduced pdf February 15, 2023
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Action History

October 13, 2023
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 826, Statutes of 2023.
October 13, 2023
Approved by the Governor.
September 21, 2023
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
September 14, 2023
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3537.).
September 13, 2023
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
September 13, 2023
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 3. Page 2728.).
September 11, 2023
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
September 08, 2023
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
August 15, 2023
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 14, 2023
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
July 13, 2023
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
July 12, 2023
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (July 3).
June 21, 2023
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.
May 17, 2023
Referred to Com. on E., U. & C.
May 09, 2023
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
May 08, 2023
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 1487.)
April 24, 2023
Ordered to third reading.
April 24, 2023
From Consent Calendar.
April 20, 2023
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
April 19, 2023
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19).
March 28, 2023
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
March 27, 2023
Read second time and amended.
March 23, 2023
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 22).
March 02, 2023
Referred to Com. on U. & E.
February 16, 2023
From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
February 15, 2023
Read first time. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 3 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Valencia, Avelino Democratic

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 1068 Valencia Concurrence in Senate Amendments

September 14, 2023

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	45	0	0	2
Republican	13	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	19	0	0	1
Total	77	0	0	3
% of votes cast	96%	0%	0%	4%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Villapudua	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Essayli	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Not Voting
Vince Fong	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Addis, Dawn	Democratic	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarez, David	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bains, Jasmeet	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Connolly, Damon	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Not Voting
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Not Voting
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Ortega, Liz	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Papan, Diane	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	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
Schiavo, Pilar	Democratic	Yea
Soria, Esmeralda	Democratic	Yea
Valencia, Avelino	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Zbur, Rick Chavez	Democratic	Yea
Alanis, Juan	Republican	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Hoover, Josh	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Patterson, Joe	Republican	Yea
Sanchez, Kate	Republican	Yea
Ta, Tri	Republican	Yea
Wallis, Greg	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading AB1068 Valencia By Padilla

September 13, 2023

Passed 32 Yea · 3 Nay · 5 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	10	1	0	0
Democratic	15	2	0	5
Republican	7	0	0	0
Total	32	3	0	5
% of votes cast	80%	8%	0%	13%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Roth	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Min	—	Nay
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Blakespear, Catherine S.	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Not Voting
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Not Voting
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A.	Democratic	Not Voting
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Not Voting
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Not Voting
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Menjivar, Caroline	Democratic	Nay
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Susan	Democratic	Yea
Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Nay
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarado-Gil, Marie	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

July 03, 2023

Passed 12 Yea · 1 Nay · 5 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	5	1	0	2
Republican	2	0	0	1
Unaffiliated	5	0	0	2
Total	12	1	0	5
% of votes cast	67%	6%	0%	28%

How each member voted (18)

Member	Party	Vote
Eggman	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Not Voting
Min	—	Not Voting
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Not Voting
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A.	Democratic	Nay
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Susan	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Not Voting
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Not Voting
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

AB 1068 Valencia Assembly Third Reading

May 08, 2023

Passed 66 Yea · 0 Nay · 14 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	36	0	0	11
Republican	13	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	17	0	0	3
Total	66	0	0	14
% of votes cast	83%	0%	0%	18%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Holden	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Villapudua	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Essayli	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Ting	—	Not Voting
McCarty	—	Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Not Voting
Vince Fong	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Addis, Dawn	Democratic	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarez, David	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Not Voting
Bains, Jasmeet	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Not Voting
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Not Voting
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Not Voting
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Not Voting
Connolly, Damon	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Not Voting
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Not Voting
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Not Voting
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Not Voting
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Ortega, Liz	Democratic	Not Voting
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Papan, Diane	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	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
Schiavo, Pilar	Democratic	Yea
Soria, Esmeralda	Democratic	Yea
Valencia, Avelino	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Not Voting
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Zbur, Rick Chavez	Democratic	Yea
Alanis, Juan	Republican	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Hoover, Josh	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Patterson, Joe	Republican	Yea
Sanchez, Kate	Republican	Yea
Ta, Tri	Republican	Yea
Wallis, Greg	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

April 19, 2023

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	8	0	0	2
Republican	3	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	3	0	0	0
Total	14	0	0	2
% of votes cast	88%	0%	0%	13%

How each member voted (16)

Member	Party	Vote
Mathis	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Papan, Diane	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Not Voting
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Yea
Sanchez, Kate	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

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

March 22, 2023

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	2	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	5	0	0	2
Democratic	6	0	0	0
Total	13	0	0	2
% of votes cast	87%	0%	0%	13%

How each member voted (15)

Member	Party	Vote
Santiago	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Not Voting
Ting	—	Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Connolly, Damon	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Schiavo, Pilar	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Wallis, Greg	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

public-safety technology

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1068 do?: Existing law establishes various requirements for ex parte communication between the Public Utilities Commission and interested parties for ratesetting cases and catastrophic wildfire proceedings and, among other things, authorizes the commission, by order or rule, to prohibit ex parte communications. Existing law authorizes written ex parte communications by an interested person to be permitted in ratesetting cases and catastrophic wildfire proceedings if copies of the communication are transmitted to all parties on the same day as the original communication, and requires the commission to establish a quiet period during the 3 business days before the commission's scheduled vote on a decision in ratesetting cases and catastrophic wildfire proceedings, during which oral and written ex parte communications are prohibited. This bill would authorize the commission, by order or rule, to prohibit oral ex parte communications, rather than all ex parte communications, in ratesetting cases and catastrophic wildfire proceedings. The bill would expressly authorize a written ex parte communication to occur at any time before the 3 business days before the commission's scheduled vote on a decision without restriction during ratesetting cases and catastrophic wildfire proceedings if copies of the communication are transmitted to all parties on the same day as the original communication. The bill would delete the prohibition on written ex parte communications during the quiet periods of ratesetting cases and catastrophic wildfire proceedings, and would instead authorize an interested person to submit a written ex parte communication during the 3 business days before the commission's scheduled vote on a proposed decision in a ratesetting case or catastrophic wildfire proceeding if the commission materially modifies the proposed decision during that time period, as specified.
Who sponsors AB 1068?: AB 1068 is sponsored by Valencia, Avelino (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 1068?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 15, 2023. Enacted.
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Identifier: AB 1068
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2023-2024 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 15, 2023
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Valencia, Avelino

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