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type: "Bill"
title: "Energy storage."
description: "Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to determine appropriate targets, if any, for each load-serving entity to procure viable and cost-effective energy storage systems to be achieved by December 31, 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2868"
citation: "California AB 2868 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy storage."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gatto"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 39
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e80ea944-6bad-4c45-afdb-0fafc42b2795"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2868"
source_hash: "24cd57f94f1f29c44352171f1a7b6768cc9a4ac0a427b3650772db9badcd2466"
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 2868 (20152016) — Energy storage.
Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to determine appropriate targets, if any, for each load-serving entity to procure viable and cost-effective energy storage systems to be achieved by December 31, 2020.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2868&version=20150AB286899INT)
2. **03/17/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2868&version=20150AB286898AMD)
3. **06/13/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2868&version=20150AB286897AMD)
4. **06/15/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2868&version=20150AB286896AMD)
5. **08/02/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2868&version=20150AB286895AMD)
6. **08/19/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2868&version=20150AB286894AMD)
7. **08/31/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2868&version=20150AB286893AMD)
8. **09/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2868&version=20150AB286891CHP)
9. **AB2868** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2868)
10. **09/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2868&version=20150AB286892ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading (Supplemental File 2) AB2868 Gatto By Hill — **2412** (pass) · upper
- AB 2868 GATTO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **4928** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **52** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. Ordered to third reading. — **65** (pass) · upper
- AB 2868 GATTO Assembly Third Reading — **5127** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **146** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **72** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **92** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gatto — primary (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (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`
- **2016-03-17** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 27. Page 5127.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** 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`
- **2016-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-08** Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-22** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-24** From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 6. Noes 5.) (August 24). `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-30** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-31** Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 5547.)
- **2016-08-31** 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`
- **2016-08-31** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-08-31** (Ayes 24. Noes 9. Page 5563.)
- **2016-08-31** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 5578.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2016-08-31** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6569.)
- **2016-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 49. Noes 28. Page 6575.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2016-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 681, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e80ea944-6bad-4c45-afdb-0fafc42b2795`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).