Existing law, for purposes of provisions governing property rights, defines the term "solar energy system" to mean any solar collector or other solar energy device whose primary purpose is to provide for the collection, storage, and distribution of solar energy for space heating or cooling, or for water heating, or any structural design feature of a building, whose primary purpose is to provide for the collection, storage, and distribution of solar energy for electricity generation, space heating or cooling, or water heating.
California AB 1414 (20172018) — Solar energy systems: permits.
Existing law, for purposes of provisions governing property rights, defines the term "solar energy system" to mean any solar collector or other solar energy device whose primary purpose is to provide for the collection, storage, and distribution of solar energy for space heating or cooling, or for water heating, or any structural design feature of a building, whose primary purpose is to provide for the collection, storage, and distribution of solar energy for electricity generation, space heating or cooling, or water heating.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Friedman — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2017-03-20 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2017-03-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-03-23 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2017-04-24 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (April 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2017-04-25 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-04-26 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2017-05-17 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2017-05-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (May 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 12. Page 1799.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-06-08 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2017-06-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2017-07-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-07-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2017-07-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2017-07-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2017-08-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2017-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 11. Page 2495.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2017-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 3117.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2017-10-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-15 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 849, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f65f1842-8100-4896-9535-7cf8d4e7825a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).