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type: "Bill"
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title: "Solar energy: permits."
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description: "Existing law provides that it is the policy of the state to promote and encourage the use of solar energy systems, as defined, and to limit obstacles to their use. Existing law provides that the implementation of consistent statewide standards to achieve timely and cost-effective installation of solar energy systems is not a municipal affair, but is instead a matter of statewide concern. Existing law requires a city or county to administratively approve applications to install solar energy systems through the issuance of a building permit or similar nondiscretionary permit. Existing law requires fees charged by a local agency for specified purposes, including permits, to not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee is charged, unless a question regarding the amount of the fee charged in excess of this cost is submitted to, and approved by, 23 of the electors."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20112012"
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identifier: "SB 1222"
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citation: "California SB 1222 (20112012)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Solar energy: permits."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2012-02-23"
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last_action: "2012-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f47eeefc-8273-4b86-bab3-81f5ce35f81a"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1222"
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source_hash: "489be713f632491cf246c130936587d4de704bb4d33337be194008c85d9fa74d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 1222 (20112012) — Solar energy: permits.
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Existing law provides that it is the policy of the state to promote and encourage the use of solar energy systems, as defined, and to limit obstacles to their use. Existing law provides that the implementation of consistent statewide standards to achieve timely and cost-effective installation of solar energy systems is not a municipal affair, but is instead a matter of statewide concern. Existing law requires a city or county to administratively approve applications to install solar energy systems through the issuance of a building permit or similar nondiscretionary permit. Existing law requires fees charged by a local agency for specified purposes, including permits, to not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee is charged, unless a question regarding the amount of the fee charged in excess of this cost is submitted to, and approved by, 23 of the electors.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1222&version=20110SB122299INT)
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2. **04/09/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1222&version=20110SB122298AMD)
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3. **05/01/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1222&version=20110SB122297AMD)
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4. **05/25/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1222&version=20110SB122296AMD)
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5. **06/19/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1222&version=20110SB122295AMD)
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6. **08/21/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1222&version=20110SB122294AMD)
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7. **09/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1222&version=20110SB122292CHP)
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8. **SB1222** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1222)
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9. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1222&version=20110SB122293ENR)
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## Votes
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- Unfinished Business SB1222 Leno Concurrence — **22–12** (pass) · upper
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- SB 1222 Leno Senate Third Reading By SMYTH — **58–13** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading — **25–13** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **14–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Leno — primary (person)
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- Campos — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2012-02-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
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- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-04-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-04-13** Set for hearing April 25.
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- **2012-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 3304.) (April 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-05-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2012-05-04** Set for hearing May 14.
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- **2012-05-14** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2012-05-18** Set for hearing May 24.
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- **2012-05-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3593.) (May 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2012-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 3698.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2012-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2012-06-15** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-06-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2012-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-08-08** Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2012-08-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-08-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2012-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2012-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 13. Page 6353.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2012-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2012-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 22. Noes 12. Page 4977.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2012-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2012-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2012-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 614, Statutes of 2012.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f47eeefc-8273-4b86-bab3-81f5ce35f81a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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