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type: "Bill"
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title: "Energy: greenhouse gas reduction."
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description: "(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities. Existing law requires the PUC to require the administration, until January 1, 2021, of a self-generation incentive program for distributed generation resources and energy storage technologies. Existing law authorizes the PUC, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to authorize the annual collection of not more than the amount authorized for the program in the 2008 calendar year."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 1637"
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citation: "California AB 1637 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Energy: greenhouse gas reduction."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Low"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2016-01-07"
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last_action: "2016-09-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d1dfae0-5bee-498b-b95c-c42631c31029"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1637"
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source_hash: "33202e40db9803e3b26cdae4a47ab4351f5a5ba8b0aea834962d2fb6b0b02794"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1637 (20152016) — Energy: greenhouse gas reduction.
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(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities. Existing law requires the PUC to require the administration, until January 1, 2021, of a self-generation incentive program for distributed generation resources and energy storage technologies. Existing law authorizes the PUC, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to authorize the annual collection of not more than the amount authorized for the program in the 2008 calendar year.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/07/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1637&version=20150AB163799INT)
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2. **04/14/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1637&version=20150AB163798AMD)
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3. **08/18/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1637&version=20150AB163797AMD)
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4. **09/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1637&version=20150AB163795CHP)
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5. **AB1637** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1637)
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6. **09/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1637&version=20150AB163796ENR)
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## Votes
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- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in, but first be re-referred to Com. on [Appropriations] — **5–3** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1637 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **51–26** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1637 LOW Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **47–27** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB1637 Low By Beall — **23–12** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Low — primary (person)
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- Gatto — coauthor (person)
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- Gordon — coauthor (person)
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- Irwin — coauthor (person)
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- Mullin — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2016-01-08** From printer. May be heard in committee February 7.
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- **2016-02-01** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-04-25** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 4488.)
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- **2016-04-25** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2016-04-25** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2016-04-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 4588.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-08-16** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2016-08-16** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-08-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-19** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2016-08-19** (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 5167.)
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- **2016-08-19** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2016-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 5238.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2016-08-23** Measure version as amended on August 18 corrected. `amendment-passage`
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- **2016-08-25** Re-referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-08-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6401.)
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- **2016-08-31** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (August 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2016-08-31** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6514.)
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- **2016-08-31** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 31). `committee-passage`
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- **2016-08-31** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6544.)
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- **2016-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 47. Noes 27. Page 6552.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
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- **2016-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 658, Statutes of 2016.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d1dfae0-5bee-498b-b95c-c42631c31029`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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