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Bill	Utility user tax: exemption: distributed generation systems.	Existing law generally provides that the legislative body of any city and any charter city may make and enforce all ordinances and regulations with respect to municipal affairs, as provided, including, but not limited to, a utility user tax on the consumption of gas and electricity. Existing law provides that the board of supervisors of any county may levy a utility user tax on the consumption of, among other things, gas and electricity in the unincorporated area of the county.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 792	California AB 792 (20132014)	bill	Utility user tax: exemption: distributed generation systems.	enacted	Mullin	9	28	6	2013-02-21	2013-10-04	openstates	ocd-bill/1ccc050e-6a63-4874-80e9-5c8f65fad8cc	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB792	56c1a8cc74edf1fdb32f525697d9486aab635ff69f7afd70d504e37d1b2bd6ab	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 792 (20132014) — Utility user tax: exemption: distributed generation systems.

Existing law generally provides that the legislative body of any city and any charter city may make and enforce all ordinances and regulations with respect to municipal affairs, as provided, including, but not limited to, a utility user tax on the consumption of gas and electricity. Existing law provides that the board of supervisors of any county may levy a utility user tax on the consumption of, among other things, gas and electricity in the unincorporated area of the county.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/01/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/06/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/25/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/09/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/29/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/04/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB792 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/18/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 792 MULLIN Assembly Third Reading — 71–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 792 MULLIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 65–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB792 Mullin By Hill — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 8–1 (pass) · lower
• amendments be concurred in. — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mullin — primary (person)
• Hill — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2013-03-04 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2013-04-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2013-04-04 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-04-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1259.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 2.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-05-23 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2013-06-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2013-06-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-07-08 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-07-09 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-08-29 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2230.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-09-10 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
• 2013-09-10 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
• 2013-09-10 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2013-09-11 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3247.)
• 2013-09-11 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (September 11). committee-passage
• 2013-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 1. Page 3310.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2013-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 534, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ccc050e-6a63-4874-80e9-5c8f65fad8cc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).