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Bill	Energy: solar thermal powerplants: conversion to solar photovoltaic technology.	(1) Existing law vests the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission with the exclusive jurisdiction to certify thermal powerplants. Under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) , the certification of a thermal powerplant is a certified regulatory program and is therefore exempt from certain requirements of CEQA. A thermal powerplant does not include a solar photovoltaic electrical generating facility. However, existing law provides that the thermal powerplant certification process applies to owners of specified proposed solar thermal powerplants who are proposing to convert the proposed facility from solar thermal technology to solar photovoltaic technology if the proposed solar thermal powerplant project has been certified by the commission. Existing law provides that the thermal powerplant certification process does not apply to the proposed conversion if the certification of the proposed solar thermal powerplant was timely challenged.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 1073	California AB 1073 (20112012)	bill	Energy: solar thermal powerplants: conversion to solar photovoltaic technology.	enacted	Fuentes	8	42	7	2011-02-18	2012-05-23	openstates	ocd-bill/e64240d3-1de7-4741-aa88-7ff7fa049610	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1073	972b34eb0431a9d0fab8706c48a72b4db945ca1b0472a7c91b6f20bb87039f14	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1073 (20112012) — Energy: solar thermal powerplants: conversion to solar photovoltaic technology.

(1) Existing law vests the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission with the exclusive jurisdiction to certify thermal powerplants. Under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) , the certification of a thermal powerplant is a certified regulatory program and is therefore exempt from certain requirements of CEQA. A thermal powerplant does not include a solar photovoltaic electrical generating facility. However, existing law provides that the thermal powerplant certification process applies to owners of specified proposed solar thermal powerplants who are proposing to convert the proposed facility from solar thermal technology to solar photovoltaic technology if the proposed solar thermal powerplant project has been certified by the commission. Existing law provides that the thermal powerplant certification process does not apply to the proposed conversion if the certification of the proposed solar thermal powerplant was timely challenged.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/23/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/31/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/16/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/23/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/12/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1073 (committee substitute) — source
8. 05/14/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1073 FUENTES Concurrence - Urgency Added — 56–11 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1073 Fuentes By Padilla Urgency Clause — 28–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 1073 FUENTES Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Fuentes — primary (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.
• 2011-03-31 Referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
• 2011-03-31 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
• 2011-05-12 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 9). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-05-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1448.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-05-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-06-02 Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
• 2011-06-10 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2011-06-22 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-07-11 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 5). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-12 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-07-13 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2011-08-15 From Special Consent Calendar pursuant to Joint Rule 22.2.
• 2011-08-15 Ordered to third reading.
• 2011-08-29 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Padilla.
• 2011-08-31 From inactive file.
• 2011-08-31 Ordered to second reading.
• 2011-09-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-09-09 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Padilla.
• 2012-01-23 From inactive file.
• 2012-01-23 Ordered to second reading.
• 2012-01-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-02-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-02-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-02-27 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). referral-committee
• 2012-03-01 Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
• 2012-03-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-03-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-03-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-03-26 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 2. Page 3001.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-03-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after March 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-03-29 Re-referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2012-05-07 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2012-05-07 Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2012-05-10 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 11. Page 4762.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-05-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2012-05-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-05-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 14, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e64240d3-1de7-4741-aa88-7ff7fa049610. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).