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Bill	State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: Blue Ribbon Commission on Lithium Extraction in California: report.	Existing law establishes in the Natural Resources Agency the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, consisting of 5 members appointed by the Governor, as specified. Existing law requires the commission to undertake a continuing assessment of trends in the consumption of electrical energy and other forms of energy and to analyze the social, economic, and environmental consequences of these trends, and to carry out, or cause to be carried out, under contract or other arrangements, research and development into alternative sources of energy, improvements in energy generation, transmission, and siting, fuel substitution, and other topics related to energy supply, demand, public safety, ecology, and conservation that are of particular statewide importance.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 1657	California AB 1657 (20192020)	bill	State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: Blue Ribbon Commission on Lithium Extraction in California: report.	enacted	Eduardo Garcia	7	33	9	2019-02-22	2020-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/ac466a5b-603c-48df-9543-613c2848cd7c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1657	c9349933f5abcf6ffcb460365385f10721b9c76eebdc72e91ca0baae04426296	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1657 (20192020) — State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: Blue Ribbon Commission on Lithium Extraction in California: report.

Existing law establishes in the Natural Resources Agency the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, consisting of 5 members appointed by the Governor, as specified. Existing law requires the commission to undertake a continuing assessment of trends in the consumption of electrical energy and other forms of energy and to analyze the social, economic, and environmental consequences of these trends, and to carry out, or cause to be carried out, under contract or other arrangements, research and development into alternative sources of energy, improvements in energy generation, transmission, and siting, fuel substitution, and other topics related to energy supply, demand, public safety, ecology, and conservation that are of particular statewide importance.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/03/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/27/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/25/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/29/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1657 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/04/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1657 Eduardo Garcia Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1657 Eduardo Garcia By Hueso — 32–4 (pass) · upper
• AB 1657 GARCIA, E. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 70–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 13–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Eduardo Garcia — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2019-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2019-03-18 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2153.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-06-12 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2019-07-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2020-06-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2020-06-04 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2020-06-04 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2020-07-01 Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
• 2020-07-27 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. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2020-08-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-08-13 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2020-08-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 4.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2020-08-30 Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2020-08-31 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5456.)
• 2020-08-31 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 31). committee-passage
• 2020-08-31 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 16. Page 5498.)
• 2020-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5504.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2020-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 271, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ac466a5b-603c-48df-9543-613c2848cd7c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).