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type: "Bill"
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title: "San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District: purchase and delivery of electricity."
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description: "Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law authorizes the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District's (BART) system to elect to obtain electricity from multiple sources, including (1) preference power purchased from a federal power marketing agency or its successor, (2) electricity supplied by one or more direct transactions, and (3) electricity supplied by any electric utility regulated by the commission that owns and operates transmission and distribution facilities that deliver electricity at one or more locations to the BART District's system. Existing law requires any electrical corporation that owns and operates transmission and distribution facilities that deliver electricity to BART, upon request by BART, to deliver preference power purchased from a federal power marketing agency, or its successor, or deliver electricity purchased from a local publicly owned electric utility without discrimination or delay."
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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: "SB 502"
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citation: "California SB 502 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District: purchase and delivery of electricity."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2015-02-26"
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last_action: "2015-08-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/073ca98e-4f1b-40a8-8d65-4680f50cdd66"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB502"
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source_hash: "2ddc83d020bca3f0d520a4cb7d6da666f0ae51989c20e1efa0f87fe3cb8b78a4"
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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 SB 502 (20152016) — San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District: purchase and delivery of electricity.
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Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law authorizes the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District's (BART) system to elect to obtain electricity from multiple sources, including (1) preference power purchased from a federal power marketing agency or its successor, (2) electricity supplied by one or more direct transactions, and (3) electricity supplied by any electric utility regulated by the commission that owns and operates transmission and distribution facilities that deliver electricity at one or more locations to the BART District's system. Existing law requires any electrical corporation that owns and operates transmission and distribution facilities that deliver electricity to BART, upon request by BART, to deliver preference power purchased from a federal power marketing agency, or its successor, or deliver electricity purchased from a local publicly owned electric utility without discrimination or delay.
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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. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB502&version=20150SB50299INT)
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2. **04/08/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB502&version=20150SB50298AMD)
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3. **08/07/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB502&version=20150SB50296CHP)
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4. **SB502** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB502)
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5. **07/27/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB502&version=20150SB50297ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 502 Leno Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Leno — primary (person)
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- Baker — coauthor (person)
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- Chiu — coauthor (person)
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- Chu — coauthor (person)
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- Hancock — coauthor (person)
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- Hill — coauthor (person)
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- Ting — coauthor (person)
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- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-26** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.
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- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-24** Set for hearing April 7.
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- **2015-04-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 508.) (April 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-04-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-10** Set for hearing April 20.
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- **2015-04-20** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2015-04-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 836.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2015-05-18** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-06-08** June 15 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2015-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-07-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-07-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2433.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-07-16** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2015-07-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
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- **2015-08-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-08-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 146, Statutes of 2015.
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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/073ca98e-4f1b-40a8-8d65-4680f50cdd66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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