republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1524.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electricity: energy crisis litigation."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2016, requires the Attorney General to represent the Department of Finance and to succeed to all rights, claims, powers, and entitlements of the Electricity Oversight Board in any litigation or settlement to obtain ratepayer recovery for the effects of the 2000–02 energy crisis. Existing law additionally prohibits the Attorney General from expending the proceeds of any settlements of those claims, except as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1524"
citation: "California AB 1524 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electricity: energy crisis litigation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Utilities and Commerce"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-03-16"
last_action: "2015-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21416f17-9f5b-4cec-87dc-f4c6e8464e68"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1524"
source_hash: "a85386e8166d6337564c8e8141617dab498840377a1b9dc163ae7fc12e994bc3"
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 1524 (20152016) — Electricity: energy crisis litigation.

Existing law, until January 1, 2016, requires the Attorney General to represent the Department of Finance and to succeed to all rights, claims, powers, and entitlements of the Electricity Oversight Board in any litigation or settlement to obtain ratepayer recovery for the effects of the 2000–02 energy crisis. Existing law additionally prohibits the Attorney General from expending the proceeds of any settlements of those claims, except as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/16/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1524&version=20150AB152499INT)
2. **09/30/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1524&version=20150AB152497CHP)
3. **AB1524** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1524)
4. **09/14/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1524&version=20150AB152498ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1524 Committee On U. & C. (Rendon) By Hueso — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1524 U. & C. Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Utilities and Commerce — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-03-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-17** From printer. May be heard in committee April 16.
- **2015-04-06** Referred to Coms. on U. & C. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1561.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2015-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2689.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-10** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2015-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 382, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21416f17-9f5b-4cec-87dc-f4c6e8464e68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).