The California Senate Appropriations Committee Tuesday moved to put some wildfire-related bills on the "suspense file", meaning the proposals will either be quickly killed or passed by the end of the week.
One of those bills is Sen. Scott Wiener's, D-San Francisco, proposal to make sure utilities are held accountable when they intentionally cut off power.
In some cases, the proposed system requires customers to be compensated for resources lost in the blackouts.
"It's a little bit of wild west when it comes to PG&E's blackouts and we saw it when PG&E shut power to 2.5 million residents in Northern California," said Wiener.
Opponents argue this would discourage utilities from using public safety power shutoffs.
Some lawmakers have said a policy like this might be better left up to the Governor and the California Public Utilities Commission.