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Bill	Electricity: distribution grid interconnection dispute resolution process.	Existing law places various duties upon the Public Utilities Commission with respect to distributed generation and requires each electrical corporation to submit to the commission for its approval a distribution resources plan proposal to identify optimal locations for the deployment of distributed resources, as defined. Pursuant to existing law, the commission has established operational and metering requirements for a generation facility to be interconnected to an electrical corporation's distribution grid.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2861	California AB 2861 (20152016)	bill	Electricity: distribution grid interconnection dispute resolution process.	enacted	Ting	6	26	8	2016-02-19	2016-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/363dc56a-ec83-430f-8429-6aa539e431ce	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2861	7a3a957373a236e8eea02f3c7a2c97a0c2d05a6d605dd2fd92d826bde62f69de	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2861 (20152016) — Electricity: distribution grid interconnection dispute resolution process.

Existing law places various duties upon the Public Utilities Commission with respect to distributed generation and requires each electrical corporation to submit to the commission for its approval a distribution resources plan proposal to identify optimal locations for the deployment of distributed resources, as defined. Pursuant to existing law, the commission has established operational and metering requirements for a generation facility to be interconnected to an electrical corporation's distribution grid.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/27/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/01/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/26/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2861 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/31/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2861 Ting By Hueso — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2861 TING Assembly Third Reading — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2861 TING Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ting — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2016-03-14 Referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
• 2016-04-12 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2016-04-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 20). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-04-27 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2016-05-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5046.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
• 2016-06-16 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2016-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-01 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5340.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6459.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2016-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 672, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/363dc56a-ec83-430f-8429-6aa539e431ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).