republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2672.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Access to energy: disadvantaged communities: San Joaquin Valley."
description: "(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical and gas corporations, as defined. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility, and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Existing law requires the commission to establish various programs that provide assistance to low-income electric and gas customers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2672"
citation: "California AB 2672 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Access to energy: disadvantaged communities: San Joaquin Valley."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Perea"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28258326-fb05-4f7c-a476-dfa570888364"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2672"
source_hash: "5c77672d494f9a48aa67c1cc3c514f449e65fade6d075a84d266cb3a551f27c3"
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 2672 (20132014) — Access to energy: disadvantaged communities: San Joaquin Valley.

(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical and gas corporations, as defined. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility, and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Existing law requires the commission to establish various programs that provide assistance to low-income electric and gas customers.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2672&version=20130AB267299INT)
2. **04/21/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2672&version=20130AB267298AMD)
3. **05/27/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2672&version=20130AB267297AMD)
4. **06/30/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2672&version=20130AB267296AMD)
5. **08/20/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2672&version=20130AB267295AMD)
6. **09/26/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2672&version=20130AB267293CHP)
7. **AB2672** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2672)
8. **09/03/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2672&version=20130AB267294ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2672 Perea By Cannella — **24–9** (pass) · upper
- AB 2672 PEREA Assembly Third Reading — **61–7** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2672 PEREA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **60–13** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Perea — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-17** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-10** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-21** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 7. Page 5363.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-11** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 9. Page 4825.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 13. Page 6527.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 616, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28258326-fb05-4f7c-a476-dfa570888364`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).