---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy: renewable energy resources."
description: "Existing law, the Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Act establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and requires the Energy Commission to provide $7,000,000 in grants to qualified counties, as defined, for the development or revision of rules and policies, including, but not limited to, general plan elements, zoning ordinances, and a natural community conservation plan as a plan participant, to facilitate the development of eligible renewable energy resources, and their associated electric transmission facilities, and the processing of permits for eligible renewable energy resources. For a county in the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan planning area, existing law prohibits the commission from awarding a grant to such a county if it is not a \"plan participant,\" as defined, in the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1255"
citation: "California AB 1255 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy: renewable energy resources."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["V. Manuel Pérez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2012-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/686121b7-75e1-4569-a498-69b02d5d0c47"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1255"
source_hash: "fdf27b52fa9cc053182b0bd850910b963e5029fc6a034bedfefe9d69bab455b2"
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 1255 (20112012) — Energy: renewable energy resources.

Existing law, the Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Act establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and requires the Energy Commission to provide $7,000,000 in grants to qualified counties, as defined, for the development or revision of rules and policies, including, but not limited to, general plan elements, zoning ordinances, and a natural community conservation plan as a plan participant, to facilitate the development of eligible renewable energy resources, and their associated electric transmission facilities, and the processing of permits for eligible renewable energy resources. For a county in the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan planning area, existing law prohibits the commission from awarding a grant to such a county if it is not a "plan participant," as defined, in the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1255&version=20110AB125599INT)
2. **04/25/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1255&version=20110AB125598AMD)
3. **04/26/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1255&version=20110AB125597AMD)
4. **08/23/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1255&version=20110AB125596AMD)
5. **08/31/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1255&version=20110AB125595AMD)
6. **09/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1255&version=20110AB125593CHP)
7. **AB1255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1255)
8. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1255&version=20110AB125594ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1255 PÉREZ, V.M. Assembly Third Reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Supp 3 AB1255 V. Manuel Pérez By Emmerson Urgency Clause — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1255 PÉREZ, V.M. Concurrence - Urgency Added — **75–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- V. Manuel Pérez — primary (person)
- Achadjian — author (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-21** Referred to Com. on J., E.D. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-25** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1345.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-30** Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 21. Noes 7. Page 5029.)
- **2012-08-30** Joint Rule 61(b)(15) suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 4. Page 5032.)
- **2012-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 5032.)
- **2012-08-30** Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-31** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 31). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-31** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 31). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5092.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2012-08-31** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6803.)
- **2012-08-31** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 3. Page 6806.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2012-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 601, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/686121b7-75e1-4569-a498-69b02d5d0c47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).