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Bill	Local ordinances: electric vehicle charging stations.	The Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, requires the legislative body of each county and city to adopt a general plan for the physical development of the county or city and authorizes the adoption and administration of zoning laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations by counties and cities. Existing law, the Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Open Access Act, prohibits the charging of a subscription fee on persons desiring to use an electric vehicle charging station, as defined, and prohibits a requirement for persons to obtain membership in any club, association, or organization as a condition of using the station, except as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1236	California AB 1236 (20152016)	bill	Local ordinances: electric vehicle charging stations.	enacted	Chiu	9	29	8	2015-02-27	2015-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/78371a6a-999a-4449-aeea-f277edce55ac	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1236	add56bc5a11a3e150ee9ba18c37072d37392534d23509b57d6ea150c764e58c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1236 (20152016) — Local ordinances: electric vehicle charging stations.

The Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, requires the legislative body of each county and city to adopt a general plan for the physical development of the county or city and authorizes the adoption and administration of zoning laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations by counties and cities. Existing law, the Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Open Access Act, prohibits the charging of a subscription fee on persons desiring to use an electric vehicle charging station, as defined, and prohibits a requirement for persons to obtain membership in any club, association, or organization as a condition of using the station, except as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/20/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/09/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/18/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/27/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/02/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/08/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB1236 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/11/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation and Housing] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 1236 CHIU Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1236 Chiu By Beall — 27–12 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1236 CHIU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chiu — primary (person)
• Linder — coauthor (person)
• Low — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
• 2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2015-03-23 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and TRANS. referral-committee
• 2015-04-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 15). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-20 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2015-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-20 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-21 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1595.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-04 Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and T. & H. referral-committee
• 2015-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on T. & H. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-08 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 7). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-09 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-08-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-27 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 13. Page 2588.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-09 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2990.)
• 2015-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 2. Page 3005.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 598, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/78371a6a-999a-4449-aeea-f277edce55ac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).