(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory jurisdiction over public utilities, including electrical corporations, community choice aggregators, and electric service providers, while local publicly owned electric utilities are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing law imposes various regulations on public utilities and local publicly owned electric utilities. Existing law establishes the California Renewables Portfolio Standards (RPS) Program, which is codified in the Public Utilities Act, with the target to increase the amount of electricity generated per year from eligible renewable energy resources to an amount that equals at least 33% of the total electricity sold to retail customers per year by December 31, 2020. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act is a crime.
California SB 350 (20152016) — Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015.
(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory jurisdiction over public utilities, including electrical corporations, community choice aggregators, and electric service providers, while local publicly owned electric utilities are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing law imposes various regulations on public utilities and local publicly owned electric utilities. Existing law establishes the California Renewables Portfolio Standards (RPS) Program, which is codified in the Public Utilities Act, with the target to increase the amount of electricity generated per year from eligible renewable energy resources to an amount that equals at least 33% of the total electricity sold to retail customers per year by December 31, 2020. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act is a crime.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — 9–5 (pass) · lower
SB 350 De León Senate Third Reading By ATKINS — 52–27 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading SB350 De León — 24–14 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business (Supplemental File 6) SB350 De León Concurrence — 26–14 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
SB 350 De León Senate Third Reading Amend By WILLIAMS Set #1 — 41–27 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 8–3 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
De León — primary (person)
Allen — coauthor (person)
Hancock — coauthor (person)
Leno — author (person)
McCarty — coauthor (person)
Monning — coauthor (person)
Williams — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-24 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2015-02-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
2015-03-05 Referred to Coms. on E., U., & C. and E.Q. referral-committee
2015-03-24 Set for hearing April 7.
2015-04-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 8. Noes 3. Page 508.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-10 Set for hearing April 29.
2015-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 857.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-08 Set for hearing May 18.
2015-05-18 May 18 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2015-05-23 Set for hearing May 28.
2015-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1152.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 1284.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-04 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2015-06-18 Referred to Coms. on U. & C. and NAT. RES. referral-committee
2015-07-07 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 9. Noes 5.) (July 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-07-08 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-07-15 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-07-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2015-08-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-04 Assembly Rule 69 suspended.
2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 41. Noes 27. Page 2925.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-09-04 Ordered to third reading.
2015-09-09 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
2015-09-10 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
2015-09-10 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-09-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-11 (Corrected September 14).
2015-09-11 Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2015-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 3187.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-09-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2015-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 14. Page 2782.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-09-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2015-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 547, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e4939970-3b9d-45c6-80e4-84b6a9988467. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).