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Bill	Energy consumption data: disclosure.	Existing law requires an owner or operator, on and after January 1, 2010, to disclose the United States Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager benchmarking data and rating to a prospective buyer, lessee of the entire building, or lender that would finance the entire building.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 531	California AB 531 (20092010)	bill	Energy consumption data: disclosure.	enacted	Saldana	7	28	6	2009-02-25	2009-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/d3472cc5-f6d6-44ef-9665-0251e9ab721d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB531	03ca0e0a3d1fcfc0eb8eb1243c5b708340a4c08bf5198c3a4f41013fe3e5f449	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 531 (20092010) — Energy consumption data: disclosure.

Existing law requires an owner or operator, on and after January 1, 2010, to disclose the United States Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager benchmarking data and rating to a prospective buyer, lessee of the entire building, or lender that would finance the entire building.

Version chain

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

1. 02/25/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/13/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/23/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/11/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/11/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB531 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/04/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 531 SALDANA Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 531 SALDANA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB531 Saldana By Wright — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Saldana — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2009-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
• 2009-03-26 Referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
• 2009-04-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-04-15 Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 20). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2009-04-23 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-04-23 (Corrected April 30.)
• 2009-04-27 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2009-05-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2009-05-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-29 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-06-01 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 1864.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-06-11 Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
• 2009-06-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2009-06-29 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2009-07-01 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2009-07-08 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-07-23 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2009-08-17 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-08-31 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2012.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-09-01 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2009-09-02 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2889.)
• 2009-09-02 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2892.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-09-08 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
• 2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 323, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d3472cc5-f6d6-44ef-9665-0251e9ab721d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).