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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Independent System Operator: transmission planning."
+description: "Existing law establishes the Independent System Operator as a nonprofit, public benefit corporation to manage the transmission grid and related energy markets, as provided."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20232024"
+identifier: "AB 2779"
+citation: "California AB 2779 (20232024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Independent System Operator", "transmission planning"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Petrie-Norris"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-02-15"
+last_action: "2024-09-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e20bf3f-a342-4839-9fc5-62cd8301302c"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2779"
+source_hash: "32f7a97db4529095ff2b96b6033161abbcd5f028d4e33dc05cb677adbe984a7d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 2779 (20232024) — Independent System Operator: transmission planning.
+
+Existing law establishes the Independent System Operator as a nonprofit, public benefit corporation to manage the transmission grid and related energy markets, as provided.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/15/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2779&version=20230AB277999INT)
+2. **03/21/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2779&version=20230AB277998AMD)
+3. **06/10/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2779&version=20230AB277997AMD)
+4. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2779&version=20230AB277995CHP)
+5. **AB2779** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2779)
+6. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2779&version=20230AB277996ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **17–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 2779 Petrie-Norris Consent Calendar Second Day — **65–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 2779 Petrie-Norris Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB2779 Petrie-Norris By Padilla — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Petrie-Norris — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
+- **2024-03-21** Referred to Com. on U. & E. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2024-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2024-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 5161.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2024-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2024-05-22** Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 4). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
+- **2024-06-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2024-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
+- **2024-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
+- **2024-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 741, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e20bf3f-a342-4839-9fc5-62cd8301302c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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