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CA SB 593

enacted

Electrical corporations: significant voltage-related incidents: studies.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 593 pass?

Yes. CA SB 593 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-06. Latest recorded action (2025-10-06): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 420, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 593 about?

Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory jurisdiction over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires each public utility to furnish and maintain adequate, efficient, just, and reasonable service, instrumentalities, equipment, and facilities, as are necessary to promote the safety, health, comfort, and convenience of its patrons, employees, and the public. Existing law requires the commission to annually publish a report, pursuant to commission requirements, as provided. This bill would require the commission, on or before January 1, 2027, to require each large electrical corporation, as defined, to commence a study to evaluate significant voltage-related incidents, as defined, across its residential, commercial, and industrial customers that resulted in damage to customer-owned equipment, appliances, or property totaling $5,000 or more, as provided. The bill would require the commission, on or before July 1, 2027, to publish hyperlinks on its internet website to the studies, and to report on the studies to the Legislature. Under existing law, a violation of any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because a violation of a commission action implementing this bill's requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Who sponsors CA SB 593?

Hurtado is the primary sponsor of CA SB 593.

Description

Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory jurisdiction over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires each public utility to furnish and maintain adequate, efficient, just, and reasonable service, instrumentalities, equipment, and facilities, as are necessary to promote the safety, health, comfort, and convenience of its patrons, employees, and the public. Existing law requires the commission to annually publish a report, pursuant to commission requirements, as provided. This bill would require the commission, on or before January 1, 2027, to require each large electrical corporation, as defined, to commence a study to evaluate significant voltage-related incidents, as defined, across its residential, commercial, and industrial customers that resulted in damage to customer-owned equipment, appliances, or property totaling $5,000 or more, as provided. The bill would require the commission, on or before July 1, 2027, to publish hyperlinks on its internet website to the studies, and to report on the studies to the Legislature. Under existing law, a violation of any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because a violation of a commission action implementing this bill's requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Introduced
2025-02-20
Latest action
2025-10-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 420, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hurtadoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-20

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

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  2. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

  3. 2025-03-05

    Referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and JUD.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-24

    Set for hearing April 7.

  5. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 3. Page 681.) (April 7).

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  6. 2025-04-10

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

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  7. 2025-04-11

    Set for hearing April 29.

  8. 2025-04-21

    Withdrawn from committee.

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  9. 2025-04-21

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2025-04-25

    Set for hearing May 5.

  11. 2025-05-05

    May 5 hearing postponed by committee.

  12. 2025-05-06

    Set for hearing May 12.

  13. 2025-05-12

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

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  14. 2025-05-13

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  15. 2025-05-29

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1333.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  16. 2025-05-29

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  17. 2025-06-05

    Referred to Com. on U. & E.

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  18. 2025-06-16

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.

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  19. 2025-06-27

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 25).

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  20. 2025-06-30

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

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  21. 2025-08-20

    August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  22. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  23. 2025-09-02

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  24. 2025-09-03

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  25. 2025-09-08

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3006.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  26. 2025-09-08

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  27. 2025-09-10

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2839.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  28. 2025-09-22

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

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  29. 2025-10-06

    Approved by the Governor.

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  30. 2025-10-06

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 420, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
  • 04/10/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-10Compare
  • 06/16/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-16Compare
  • 06/30/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-30Compare
  • 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-02Compare
  • 09/13/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-13Compare
  • 10/06/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-06Compare
  • SB593Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-07 · pass · 13-3

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Grove: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Strickland: other

  • 3rd Reading

    2025-05-29 · pass · 38-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Limón: other
    • Reyes: other

  • Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-25 · pass · 18-0

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

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-08-29 · pass · 11-0

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

  • SB 593 Hurtado Senate Third Reading By Bains

    2025-09-08 · pass · 78-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Addis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Ramos: other
    • Nguyen: other

  • Unfinished Business SB593 Hurtado Concurrence

    2025-09-10 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Umberg: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes

Related bills

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB593

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