republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-801.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility: electrical grid data: electricity demand reduction and response: energy storage solutions."
description: "(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, while local publicly owned electric utilities are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing law, enacted during the energy crisis of 2000–01, requires a local publicly owned electric utility to review at the earliest practicable date its rates, tariffs, and rules to identify barriers to and determine the appropriate balance of costs and benefits of distributed energy resources in order to facilitate the installation of distributed energy resources in the interest of its customer-owners and the state, and to hold at least one noticed public meeting to solicit public comment on the review and any recommended changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 801"
citation: "California SB 801 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility: electrical grid data: electricity demand reduction and response: energy storage solutions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stern"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd9bee2d-d450-4f96-9535-e3039eaad9a5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB801"
source_hash: "e9a58a2c8d24bb53077620e998b540e6c5e91b9f7c244bede956b10df70c87a8"
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 801 (20172018) — Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility: electrical grid data: electricity demand reduction and response: energy storage solutions.

(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, while local publicly owned electric utilities are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing law, enacted during the energy crisis of 2000–01, requires a local publicly owned electric utility to review at the earliest practicable date its rates, tariffs, and rules to identify barriers to and determine the appropriate balance of costs and benefits of distributed energy resources in order to facilitate the installation of distributed energy resources in the interest of its customer-owners and the state, and to hold at least one noticed public meeting to solicit public comment on the review and any recommended changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB801&version=20170SB80199INT)
2. **03/29/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB801&version=20170SB80198AMD)
3. **04/06/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB801&version=20170SB80197AMD)
4. **04/17/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB801&version=20170SB80196AMD)
5. **05/02/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB801&version=20170SB80195AMD)
6. **07/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB801&version=20170SB80194AMD)
7. **07/19/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB801&version=20170SB80193AMD)
8. **08/28/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB801&version=20170SB80192AMD)
9. **09/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB801&version=20170SB80191AMD)
10. **09/08/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB801&version=20170SB80190AMD)
11. **10/14/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB801&version=20170SB80188CHP)
12. **SB801** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB801)
13. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB801&version=20170SB80189ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **28–11** (pass) · upper
- SB 801 Stern Senate Third Reading By DABABNEH — **68–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB801 Stern Concurrence — **29–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stern — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2017-03-09** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** 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`
- **2017-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-07** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2017-04-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 807.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** Set for hearing May 15.
- **2017-05-15** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 1399.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-15** Referred to Com. on U. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-05** 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`
- **2017-07-18** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-07-19** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-08-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-08** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-09-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-09-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 68. Noes 1. Page 3220.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-13** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 11. Page 2845.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2017-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 814, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd9bee2d-d450-4f96-9535-e3039eaad9a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).