--- type: "Bill" title: "Energy: usage data." description: "Existing law requires each utility, on and after January 1, 2017, to, upon the request and authorization of the owner, owner's agent, or operator of a covered building, as defined, deliver or otherwise provide aggregated energy usage data for a covered building to the owner, owner's agent, or building operator, or to the owner's account in the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20252026" identifier: "SB 500" citation: "California SB 500 (20252026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Energy", "usagedata"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Stern"] version_count: 9 action_count: 31 vote_count: 9 first_action: "2025-02-19" last_action: "2025-10-13" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/532fcaa0-7efd-4366-af23-ddd52ce271dd" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB500" source_hash: "9faee9d8de14ac04f60c00763b8788f6e6e038002d81ead92df3ca2ff87cde2d" 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 SB 500 (20252026) — Energy: usage data. Existing law requires each utility, on and after January 1, 2017, to, upon the request and authorization of the owner, owner's agent, or operator of a covered building, as defined, deliver or otherwise provide aggregated energy usage data for a covered building to the owner, owner's agent, or building operator, or to the owner's account in the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/19/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB500&version=20250SB50099INT) 2. **03/26/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB500&version=20250SB50098AMD) 3. **05/06/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB500&version=20250SB50097AMD) 4. **05/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB500&version=20250SB50096AMD) 5. **06/23/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB500&version=20250SB50095AMD) 6. **06/30/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB500&version=20250SB50094AMD) 7. **10/13/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB500&version=20250SB50092CHP) 8. **SB500** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB500) 9. **09/17/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB500&version=20250SB50093ENR) ## Votes - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–3** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB500 Stern Concurrence — **34–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended — **5–1** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **29–10** (pass) · upper - SB 500 Stern Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris — **79–0** (pass) · lower - That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **12–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **18–0** (pass) · lower - Placed on suspense file — **5–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Stern — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-19** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2025-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22. - **2025-02-26** Referred to Com. on E., U & C. `referral-committee` - **2025-03-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-04-11** Set for hearing April 29. - **2025-05-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 3. Page 935.) (April 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-05-09** Set for hearing May 19. - **2025-05-19** May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2025-05-20** Set for hearing May 23. - **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1202.) (May 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-06-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 1504.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-06-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2025-06-16** Referred to Com. on U. & E. `referral-committee` - **2025-06-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-06-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-07-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-08-20** August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3176.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2025-09-11** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee` - **2025-09-11** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E., U & C. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2851.) Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C. `committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2025-09-11** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 2939.) `committee-passage` - **2025-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2961.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m. - **2025-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2025-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 765, Statutes of 2025. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/532fcaa0-7efd-4366-af23-ddd52ce271dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).