republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-841.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy: transportation electrification: energy efficiency programs: School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program."
description: "Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations. Existing law requires the PUC, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the State Air Resources Board, to direct electrical corporations to file applications for programs and investments to accelerate widespread transportation electrification to reduce dependence on petroleum, meet air quality standards, achieve the goals set forth in the Charge Ahead California Initiative, and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. That law requires that the programs proposed by electrical corporations seek to minimize overall costs and maximize overall benefits. The PUC is required to approve, or modify and approve, programs and investments in transportation electrification, including those that deploy charging infrastructure, through a reasonable cost recovery mechanism, if they are consistent with the above-described purposes, do not unfairly compete with nonutility enterprises, include performance accountability measures, and are in the interests of ratepayers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 841"
citation: "California AB 841 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy: transportation electrification: energy efficiency programs: School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ting"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2020-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1fa60f6-5f2d-4b7e-b180-f35d7ad17e7c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB841"
source_hash: "1aacb184a92796ba61669b4ddf1d7baa1031126e91c975d23a3887a1d407561c"
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 841 (20192020) — Energy: transportation electrification: energy efficiency programs: School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations. Existing law requires the PUC, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the State Air Resources Board, to direct electrical corporations to file applications for programs and investments to accelerate widespread transportation electrification to reduce dependence on petroleum, meet air quality standards, achieve the goals set forth in the Charge Ahead California Initiative, and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. That law requires that the programs proposed by electrical corporations seek to minimize overall costs and maximize overall benefits. The PUC is required to approve, or modify and approve, programs and investments in transportation electrification, including those that deploy charging infrastructure, through a reasonable cost recovery mechanism, if they are consistent with the above-described purposes, do not unfairly compete with nonutility enterprises, include performance accountability measures, and are in the interests of ratepayers.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB841&version=20190AB84199INT)
2. **03/20/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB841&version=20190AB84198AMD)
3. **06/29/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB841&version=20190AB84197AMD)
4. **07/27/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB841&version=20190AB84196AMD)
5. **08/11/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB841&version=20190AB84195AMD)
6. **08/20/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB841&version=20190AB84194AMD)
7. **08/25/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB841&version=20190AB84193AMD)
8. **08/28/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB841&version=20190AB84192AMD)
9. **09/30/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB841&version=20190AB84190CHP)
10. **AB841** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB841)
11. **09/04/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB841&version=20190AB84191ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB841 Ting By Hueso — **25–10** (pass) · upper
- AB 841 TING Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **55–7** (pass) · lower
- AB 841 Ting Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ting — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2019-03-04** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** 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`
- **2019-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1817.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Referred to Com. on EQ. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-06-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on EQ. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-06-30** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2020-06-30** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-02** 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`
- **2020-08-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (August 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-17** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-24** 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`
- **2020-08-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 10.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2020-08-31** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 5491.)
- **2020-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 7. Page 5492.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2020-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 372, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1fa60f6-5f2d-4b7e-b180-f35d7ad17e7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).