republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-506.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy crisis litigation."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2018, required the Attorney General to represent the Department of Finance and to succeed to all rights, claims, powers, and entitlements of the Electricity Oversight Board in any litigation or settlement to obtain ratepayer recovery for the effects of the 2000–02 energy crisis. Existing law, until January 1, 2018, additionally prohibited the Attorney General from expending the proceeds of any settlements of those claims, except as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 506"
citation: "California SB 506 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy crisis litigation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hueso"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab94bd37-cab2-4b2c-9ff3-c50d125ada82"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB506"
source_hash: "8f72cf408617aa8a972b5d7b2913a7a3dd53242918d15cb3904d544a9fd4ebae"
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 506 (20192020) — Energy crisis litigation.

Existing law, until January 1, 2018, required the Attorney General to represent the Department of Finance and to succeed to all rights, claims, powers, and entitlements of the Electricity Oversight Board in any litigation or settlement to obtain ratepayer recovery for the effects of the 2000–02 energy crisis. Existing law, until January 1, 2018, additionally prohibited the Attorney General from expending the proceeds of any settlements of those claims, except as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB506&version=20190SB50699INT)
2. **07/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB506&version=20190SB50697CHP)
3. **SB506** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB506)
4. **07/15/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB506&version=20190SB50698ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 506 Hueso Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hueso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Set for hearing April 2.
- **2019-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 524.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2019-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 799.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2019-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 968.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1242.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Referred to Coms. on U. & E. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2627.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-07-11** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2019-07-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2019-07-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 150, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab94bd37-cab2-4b2c-9ff3-c50d125ada82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).