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type: "Bill"
title: "Advanced electrical distributed generation technology."
description: "Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. The existing definition of an electrical corporation excludes a corporation or person employing cogeneration, as defined, technology or producing electricity from other than a conventional power source for certain purposes. Existing law places certain limitations upon gas rates and surcharges charged cogenerators. Existing law prohibits placing alternative fuel capability requirements upon gas customers that use gas for purposes of cogeneration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 796"
citation: "California AB 796 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advanced electrical distributed generation technology."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Muratsuchi"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 36
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c36a9382-21cf-44e4-92c6-962c8df2ce07"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB796"
source_hash: "7caa362d526c80d236cf80a24579ce6ec686bd39f3b038dd1b27044da94028ed"
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 796 (20132014) — Advanced electrical distributed generation technology.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. The existing definition of an electrical corporation excludes a corporation or person employing cogeneration, as defined, technology or producing electricity from other than a conventional power source for certain purposes. Existing law places certain limitations upon gas rates and surcharges charged cogenerators. Existing law prohibits placing alternative fuel capability requirements upon gas customers that use gas for purposes of cogeneration.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB796&version=20130AB79699INT)
2. **04/10/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB796&version=20130AB79698AMD)
3. **08/22/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB796&version=20130AB79697AMD)
4. **08/26/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB796&version=20130AB79696AMD)
5. **10/07/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB796&version=20130AB79694CHP)
6. **AB796** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB796)
7. **09/18/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB796&version=20130AB79695ENR)
## Votes
- AB 796 MURATSUCHI Assembly Third Reading — **54–20** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB796 Muratsuchi By Corbett Urgency Clause — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- amendments be concurred in. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. — **12–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 796 MURATSUCHI Concurrence - Urgency Added — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Muratsuchi — primary (person)
- Corbett — 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.
- **2013-03-07** Referred to Coms. on U. & C. and NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-10** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 20. Page 1573.) `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`
- **2013-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-08** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Lieu.
- **2013-08-22** From inactive file.
- **2013-08-22** Ordered to second reading.
- **2013-08-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-26** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-26** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(C). `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-26** Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-26** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1968.)
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-06** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2188.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-09** Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2013-09-10** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3147.)
- **2013-09-11** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (September 11). `committee-passage`
- **2013-09-12** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3289.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 617, Statutes of 2013.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c36a9382-21cf-44e4-92c6-962c8df2ce07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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