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Bill	Electric service: rates: Family Electric Rate Assistance program.	Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Existing law requires the commission to ensure that low-income ratepayers are not jeopardized or overburdened by monthly energy expenditures and authorizes the commission to reduce energy expenditures through the establishment of different rates for low-income ratepayers, different levels of rate assistance, and energy efficiency programs. Existing law requires the commission to establish a program of assistance to low-income electric and gas customers, referred to as the California Alternate Rates for Energy or CARE program. Eligibility for the CARE program is for those electric and gas customers with annual household incomes that are no greater than 200% of the federal poverty guideline levels. Existing decisions of the commission establish the Family Electric Rate Assistance or FERA program for the state's 3 largest electrical corporations to provide specified discounts to residential customers that are families of 3 or more persons with total household annual gross income levels between 200% and 250% of the federal poverty guideline level.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 1135	California SB 1135 (20172018)	bill	Electric service: rates: Family Electric Rate Assistance program.	enacted	Bradford	7	33	9	2018-02-13	2018-09-14	openstates	ocd-bill/2ba2e765-8216-4c07-ae7e-bfdbf6bba7b3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1135	3c6341f7d64d89d5a78272701cb2524a97ca7a587112b3f7ae1f2d7ba14a9d29	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1135 (20172018) — Electric service: rates: Family Electric Rate Assistance program.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Existing law requires the commission to ensure that low-income ratepayers are not jeopardized or overburdened by monthly energy expenditures and authorizes the commission to reduce energy expenditures through the establishment of different rates for low-income ratepayers, different levels of rate assistance, and energy efficiency programs. Existing law requires the commission to establish a program of assistance to low-income electric and gas customers, referred to as the California Alternate Rates for Energy or CARE program. Eligibility for the CARE program is for those electric and gas customers with annual household incomes that are no greater than 200% of the federal poverty guideline levels. Existing decisions of the commission establish the Family Electric Rate Assistance or FERA program for the state's 3 largest electrical corporations to provide specified discounts to residential customers that are families of 3 or more persons with total household annual gross income levels between 200% and 250% of the federal poverty guideline level.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/13/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/01/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/20/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/03/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/14/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB1135 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/29/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB1135 Bradford Concurrence — 30–6 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 32–4 (pass) · upper
• That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 10–1 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1135 Bradford Senate Third Reading By QUIRK — 59–17 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bradford — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-13 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-14 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
• 2018-02-22 Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
• 2018-03-23 Set for hearing April 17.
• 2018-04-11 April 17 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2018-04-12 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2018-04-30 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 4850.) (April 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-05-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-05-04 Set for hearing May 14.
• 2018-05-14 May 14 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2018-05-15 Set for hearing May 22.
• 2018-05-22 May 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2018-05-23 Set for hearing May 25.
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4304.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 4350.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-06-11 Referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-07-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-08-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 6411.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-21 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-21 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
• 2018-08-21 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5536.) Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-22 Set for hearing August 22.
• 2018-08-22 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 10. Noes 1. Page 5914.) committee-passage
• 2018-08-23 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 5628.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
• 2018-09-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 413, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2ba2e765-8216-4c07-ae7e-bfdbf6bba7b3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).