republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-415.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solar energy: water heating."
description: "The Solar Water Heating and Efficiency Act of 2007 requires the Public Utilities Commission, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to establish eligibility criteria for solar water heating systems receiving gas customer funded incentives under the act. The act requires the criteria to include eligibility requirements for residential solar water heating systems or solar collectors used in systems for multifamily residential, commercial, government, nonprofit, educational, or industrial water heating systems, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 415"
citation: "California AB 415 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Solar energy: water heating."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-15"
last_action: "2013-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b869b71-3b8f-42d2-a6b8-6ed7f0057256"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB415"
source_hash: "7c792a8f6a27421afe893f4d4e8570a5261ff1b76ff8b1107d101b24d16e4e08"
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 415 (20132014) — Solar energy: water heating.

The Solar Water Heating and Efficiency Act of 2007 requires the Public Utilities Commission, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to establish eligibility criteria for solar water heating systems receiving gas customer funded incentives under the act. The act requires the criteria to include eligibility requirements for residential solar water heating systems or solar collectors used in systems for multifamily residential, commercial, government, nonprofit, educational, or industrial water heating systems, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB415&version=20130AB41599INT)
2. **04/03/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB415&version=20130AB41598AMD)
3. **04/24/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB415&version=20130AB41597AMD)
4. **06/25/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB415&version=20130AB41596AMD)
5. **10/07/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB415&version=20130AB41594CHP)
6. **AB415** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB415)
7. **09/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB415&version=20130AB41595ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 415 GARCIA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB415 Garcia By Fuller — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Be referred to Committee on Utilities and Commerce. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 415 GARCIA Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garcia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Coms. on U. & C. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** 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`
- **2013-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-04-24** 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`
- **2013-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-29** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on U. & C. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-16** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1576.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** 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`
- **2013-08-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-13** 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 2096.). `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 2906.). `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 612, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b869b71-3b8f-42d2-a6b8-6ed7f0057256`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).