republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-270.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public utilities: ratepayer-funded energy efficiency assistance."
description: "(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical and gas corporations. The Public Utilities Act requires the commission to require electrical and gas corporations to establish various ratepayer-funded energy efficiency assistance programs. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 270"
citation: "California AB 270 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public utilities: ratepayer-funded energy efficiency assistance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradford"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-07"
last_action: "2013-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b57539e-55a2-4ac3-a762-567ef12b8c5d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB270"
source_hash: "1684f80a6481d0c872a7fdaefb3bd1d7c6e8d5b67ca7cbb2db65bf42c6e95586"
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 270 (20132014) — Public utilities: ratepayer-funded energy efficiency assistance.

(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical and gas corporations. The Public Utilities Act requires the commission to require electrical and gas corporations to establish various ratepayer-funded energy efficiency assistance programs. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB270&version=20130AB27099INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB270&version=20130AB27098AMD)
3. **04/16/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB270&version=20130AB27097AMD)
4. **06/25/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB270&version=20130AB27096AMD)
5. **08/22/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB270&version=20130AB27095AMD)
6. **10/07/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB270&version=20130AB27093CHP)
7. **AB270** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB270)
8. **09/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB270&version=20130AB27094ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB270 Bradford By Hueso — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 270 BRADFORD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 270 BRADFORD Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bradford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
- **2013-02-21** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-16** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1476.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-24** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2105.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2917.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2013-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 610, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b57539e-55a2-4ac3-a762-567ef12b8c5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).