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CA AB 13

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Public Utilities Commission: membership: reports.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 13 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 13 is in committee as of 2025-08-29 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-08-29): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 13 about?

The California Constitution establishes the Public Utilities Commission consisting of 5 members appointed by the Governor and approved by the Senate. This bill would require that one member be an at-large member with expertise in nongovernmental public advocacy or public interest law and with a nongovernmental background, as specified. The bill would require the Governor, in selecting, and the Senate, in confirming, members of the commission to consider regional diversity in the membership of the commission. The bill would require the Governor, in appointing a candidate for membership in the commission, to consider using a candidate pool that comprises persons with permanent residences in certain regions of the state, as specified. Existing law requires the president of the commission to appear annually before the appropriate policy committees of the Senate and the Assembly to present certain information. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for public utilities, and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. This bill would require the president of the commission, at the annual appearance before those committees, to also present information related to rates affordability and ratesetting cases decided by, or pending before, the commission. Existing law requires the commission to report annually to the Legislature on the timeliness in resolving cases, including the number of orders issued extending the statutory deadline. This bill would specify that the above information includes the number of cases in which the commission failed to issue a decision within the statutory deadline. The bill would require the commission, within 15 days of adopting a final decision on a ratesetting case, to submit to the Legislature a report containing certain information regarding the ratesetting case.

Who sponsors CA AB 13?

Ransom is the primary sponsor of CA AB 13, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

The California Constitution establishes the Public Utilities Commission consisting of 5 members appointed by the Governor and approved by the Senate. This bill would require that one member be an at-large member with expertise in nongovernmental public advocacy or public interest law and with a nongovernmental background, as specified. The bill would require the Governor, in selecting, and the Senate, in confirming, members of the commission to consider regional diversity in the membership of the commission. The bill would require the Governor, in appointing a candidate for membership in the commission, to consider using a candidate pool that comprises persons with permanent residences in certain regions of the state, as specified. Existing law requires the president of the commission to appear annually before the appropriate policy committees of the Senate and the Assembly to present certain information. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for public utilities, and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. This bill would require the president of the commission, at the annual appearance before those committees, to also present information related to rates affordability and ratesetting cases decided by, or pending before, the commission. Existing law requires the commission to report annually to the Legislature on the timeliness in resolving cases, including the number of orders issued extending the statutory deadline. This bill would specify that the above information includes the number of cases in which the commission failed to issue a decision within the statutory deadline. The bill would require the commission, within 15 days of adopting a final decision on a ratesetting case, to submit to the Legislature a report containing certain information regarding the ratesetting case.

Introduced
2025-02-24
Latest action
2025-08-29 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
2026-07-09T05:52:48.319403Z

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Ransomauthor
  • Elliscoauthor
  • Rubiocoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-12-02

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2024-12-03

    From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.

  3. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Com. on U. & E.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-02-24

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended.

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  5. 2025-02-25

    Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-03-17

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended.

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  7. 2025-03-18

    Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.

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  8. 2025-03-27

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  9. 2025-04-30

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

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  10. 2025-05-23

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

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  11. 2025-05-23

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)

  12. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  13. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  14. 2025-06-03

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1999.)

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  15. 2025-06-04

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

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  16. 2025-06-18

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

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  17. 2025-07-17

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 15).

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  18. 2025-07-17

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

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  19. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  20. 2025-08-29

    In committee: Held under submission.

Versions

  • 12/02/24 - Introduced — 2024-12-02Compare
  • 02/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-02-24Compare
  • 03/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-17Compare
  • 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-23Compare
  • 07/17/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-17Compare
  • AB13Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-03-26 · pass · 18-0

    Member-level votes (18)
    • Davies: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Mark González: yes

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ta: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Tangipa: other

  • AB 13 Ransom Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-03 · pass · 79-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Pacheco: yes

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

    2025-07-15 · pass · 16-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Ashby: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes

Related bills

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Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB13

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