(1) Existing law, until January 1, 2026, establishes the California Arrearage Payment Program (CAPP) within the Department of Community Services and Development. Existing law requires the department to survey utility applicants to obtain data pertaining to the total number of residential and commercial customer accounts in arrears to determine the total statewide energy utility arrearage and to develop an allocation formula for determining an individual utility applicant's share of CAPP funds. Existing law authorizes specified utilities to apply for CAPP funds on behalf of their customers, and requires the utility to use any funds received to offset customer arrearages that were incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic bill relief period, as specified. Existing law prohibits service from being discontinued due to nonpayment for those customers included in a utility's CAPP application while the department reviews and approves all pending CAPP applications, and requires the utility applicant to waive any associated late fees and accrued interest for customers who are awarded CAPP benefits. Existing law requires the department to report specified data to the Legislature and on its public-facing internet website relating to distribution of CAPP benefits.
(1) Existing law, until January 1, 2026, establishes the California Arrearage Payment Program (CAPP) within the Department of Community Services and Development. Existing law requires the department to survey utility applicants to obtain data pertaining to the total number of residential and commercial customer accounts in arrears to determine the total statewide energy utility arrearage and to develop an allocation formula for determining an individual utility applicant's share of CAPP funds. Existing law authorizes specified utilities to apply for CAPP funds on behalf of their customers, and requires the utility to use any funds received to offset customer arrearages that were incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic bill relief period, as specified. Existing law prohibits service from being discontinued due to nonpayment for those customers included in a utility's CAPP application while the department reviews and approves all pending CAPP applications, and requires the utility applicant to waive any associated late fees and accrued interest for customers who are awarded CAPP benefits. Existing law requires the department to report specified data to the Legislature and on its public-facing internet website relating to distribution of CAPP benefits.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 205 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — 64–13 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Committee on Budget — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-01-08 Introduced. To print. introduction
2021-01-09 From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
2021-01-11 Read first time. reading-1
2021-01-28 Referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
2021-02-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-02-22 Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
2021-02-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-02-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 18. Page 514.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-02-25 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-03-11 Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. referral-committee
2022-06-21 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2022-06-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (June 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-06-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 8. Page 4526.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-06-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2022-06-29 Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2022-06-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
2022-06-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 13.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-06-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 p.m.
2022-06-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-06-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 61, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/658d2779-f574-458c-bd07-3eb27c68a372. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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