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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric Program Investment Charge: allocation."
description: "The California Constitution establishes the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) , with jurisdiction over all public utilities, as defined. Existing decisions of the PUC institute an Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) to fund renewable energy and research, development, and demonstration programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 523"
citation: "California AB 523 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electric Program Investment Charge: allocation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-13"
last_action: "2017-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/534560b1-7e82-40c3-9143-c6151d8530c9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB523"
source_hash: "6c3c74403bee0968163bdb77c1fa5048b8d0dc9df37954bfe4a998e6819d1432"
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 523 (20172018) — Electric Program Investment Charge: allocation.
The California Constitution establishes the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) , with jurisdiction over all public utilities, as defined. Existing decisions of the PUC institute an Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) to fund renewable energy and research, development, and demonstration programs.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/13/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB523&version=20170AB52399INT)
2. **04/04/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB523&version=20170AB52398AMD)
3. **05/18/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB523&version=20170AB52397AMD)
4. **06/13/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB523&version=20170AB52396AMD)
5. **06/28/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB523&version=20170AB52395AMD)
6. **09/06/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB523&version=20170AB52394AMD)
7. **10/07/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB523&version=20170AB52392CHP)
8. **AB523** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB523)
9. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB523&version=20170AB52393ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 523 REYES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **40–26** (fail) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB523 Reyes et al. By Lara — **31–9** (pass) · upper
- AB 523 REYES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **51–24** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Reyes — primary (person)
- Lara — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2017-02-27** Referred to Com. on U. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (March 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-04** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 45. Noes 25. Page 1612.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 20. Page 1784.) `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 E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** 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. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-07-10** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-09-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 2704.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-13** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Page 3254.)
- **2017-09-13** Assembly refused to concur in Senate amendments. (Ayes 40. Noes 26. Page 3341.) `committee-failure`
- **2017-09-13** Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member Reyes.
- **2017-09-14** Reconsideration granted. (Page 3381.)
- **2017-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 24. Page 3381.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2017-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 551, Statutes of 2017.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/534560b1-7e82-40c3-9143-c6151d8530c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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