republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-1265.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State vehicle fleet purchases: minimum fuel economy standard."
description: "Existing law requires the Department of General Services, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to establish a minimum fuel economy standard for the purchase of passenger vehicles and light duty trucks for the state fleet that are powered solely by internal combustion engines utilizing fossil fuels. Existing law requires all new state fleet purchases of those vehicle types to meet that standard, with certain exemptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1265"
citation: "California SB 1265 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State vehicle fleet purchases: minimum fuel economy standard."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hueso"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44c42b3c-7e92-4434-9bff-d935b7c721cc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1265"
source_hash: "9567f86faaf3378d9d48dd6ce979290fb661b8d1aa046bf3bbf796f760cc8ff4"
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 SB 1265 (20132014) — State vehicle fleet purchases: minimum fuel economy standard.

Existing law requires the Department of General Services, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to establish a minimum fuel economy standard for the purchase of passenger vehicles and light duty trucks for the state fleet that are powered solely by internal combustion engines utilizing fossil fuels. Existing law requires all new state fleet purchases of those vehicle types to meet that standard, with certain exemptions.

## 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=201320140SB1265&version=20130SB126599INT)
2. **04/21/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1265&version=20130SB126598AMD)
3. **08/19/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1265&version=20130SB126597AMD)
4. **09/17/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1265&version=20130SB126595CHP)
5. **SB1265** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1265)
6. **09/02/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1265&version=20130SB126596ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1265 Hueso Senate Third Reading By FRAZIER — **75–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1265 Hueso Concurrence — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hueso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-17** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2014-04-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3212.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-25** Set for hearing May 5.
- **2014-05-05** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3713.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3644.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-07-02** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 2. Page 6573.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4940.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2014-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 398, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44c42b3c-7e92-4434-9bff-d935b7c721cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).