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Bill	Electrical corporations: energy storage systems: long duration bulk energy storage resources.	Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. Existing law requires the commission to open a proceeding to determine appropriate targets, if any, for each load-serving entity, as defined, to procure viable and cost-effective energy storage systems to be achieved by December 31, 2020.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 33	California AB 33 (20152016)	bill	Electrical corporations: energy storage systems: long duration bulk energy storage resources.	enacted	Quirk	13	45	13	2014-12-01	2016-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/ca5f5947-3c08-4418-8cd6-a5934060e34d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB33	ad38a1f9314132c718d3a56ed6d8a38b7c28c15a6b52830fabb56733436d744a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 33 (20152016) — Electrical corporations: energy storage systems: long duration bulk energy storage resources.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. Existing law requires the commission to open a proceeding to determine appropriate targets, if any, for each load-serving entity, as defined, 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. 12/01/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/01/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/06/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/20/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/23/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/02/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/18/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/19/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/04/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/26/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
12. AB33 (committee substitute) — source
13. 09/02/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 33 QUIRK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB33 Quirk By Hueso Reconsider — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB33 Quirk By Hueso — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 33 QUIRK Assembly Third Reading — 71–5 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB33 Quirk By Hueso — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Quirk — primary (person)
• Anderson — coauthor (person)
• Chávez — coauthor (person)
• Hueso — coauthor (person)
• Jones — coauthor (person)
• Weber — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-12-01 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2014-12-02 From printer. May be heard in committee January 1.
• 2015-01-22 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2015-04-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2015-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-05-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 28). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 5. Page 1858.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-18 Referred to Coms. on E., U., & C. and E.Q. referral-committee
• 2015-06-23 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-06-23 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
• 2015-07-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 15). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-08-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-24 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-08-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c) . referral-committee
• 2016-01-28 Re-referred to Coms. on E., U., & C. and E.Q. referral-committee
• 2016-06-06 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 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 13). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-06-20 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-20 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2016-06-20 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2016-08-01 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4966.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-15 Motion to reconsider made by Senator Hueso.
• 2016-08-15 Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4976.)
• 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
• 2016-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5296.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-24 Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2016-08-30 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage
• 2016-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6528.). 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 680, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca5f5947-3c08-4418-8cd6-a5934060e34d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).