republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-1136.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electricity: load-serving entities: resource adequacy requirements."
description: "Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the commission, in consultation with the Independent System Operator, to establish resource adequacy requirements for all load-serving entities, as defined, in accordance with specified objectives, including that the resource adequacy requirements facilitate development of new generating capacity and retention of existing generating capacity that is economic and needed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1136"
citation: "California SB 1136 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electricity: load-serving entities: resource adequacy requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-13"
last_action: "2018-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bb9b849-2d27-4e50-ae09-13fd9d5c63b7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1136"
source_hash: "3633f3ce44ef2ecc971c39b2e3d5cddbfa4c199a48cee7db3a4bac320345fdc9"
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 SB 1136 (20172018) — Electricity: load-serving entities: resource adequacy requirements.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the commission, in consultation with the Independent System Operator, to establish resource adequacy requirements for all load-serving entities, as defined, in accordance with specified objectives, including that the resource adequacy requirements facilitate development of new generating capacity and retention of existing generating capacity that is economic and needed.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1136&version=20170SB113699INT)
2. **03/19/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1136&version=20170SB113698AMD)
3. **06/11/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1136&version=20170SB113697AMD)
4. **09/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1136&version=20170SB113695CHP)
5. **SB1136** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1136)
6. **08/23/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1136&version=20170SB113696ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1136 Hertzberg Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1136 Hertzberg Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hertzberg — 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 RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2018-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 4850.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2018-05-07** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5085.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-25** Referred to Com. on U. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11** 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`
- **2018-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6312.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-21** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5564.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 851, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bb9b849-2d27-4e50-ae09-13fd9d5c63b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).