republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-379.md

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Bill	Residential solar energy systems: permitting.	Existing law requires a city or county to approve administratively applications to install solar energy systems through the issuance of a building permit or similar nondiscretionary permit. Existing law requires every city, county, or city and county to develop a streamlined permitting process for the installation of small residential rooftop solar energy systems, as that term is defined. Existing law prescribes and limits permit fees that a city or county may charge for a residential and commercial solar energy system. Existing law creates the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) in the Natural Resources Agency and prescribes its duties, which include administering programs for the installation of solar energy systems.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 379	California SB 379 (20212022)	bill	Residential solar energy systems: permitting.	enacted	Wiener	12	51	13	2021-02-10	2022-09-16	openstates	ocd-bill/88ff1d68-31b2-4ab2-b650-e6d1f38758b6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB379	9dd7eb9baa7430ad3c82e830255ceb77404ba969848b37e0164a5b8fa59da0ee	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 379 (20212022) — Residential solar energy systems: permitting.

Existing law requires a city or county to approve administratively applications to install solar energy systems through the issuance of a building permit or similar nondiscretionary permit. Existing law requires every city, county, or city and county to develop a streamlined permitting process for the installation of small residential rooftop solar energy systems, as that term is defined. Existing law prescribes and limits permit fees that a city or county may charge for a residential and commercial solar energy system. Existing law creates the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) in the Natural Resources Agency and prescribes its duties, which include administering programs for the installation of solar energy systems.

Version chain

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

1. 02/10/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/03/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/12/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/07/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/08/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/04/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 05/31/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 06/20/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/15/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/16/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
11. SB379 (committee substitute) — source
12. 08/25/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 31–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 379 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Muratsuchi — 64–7 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB379 Wiener et al. Concurrence — 33–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–1 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 13–2 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Utilities and Energy] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Energy, Utilities and Communications] — 3–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wiener — primary (person)
• Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-10 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-11 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.
• 2021-02-17 Referred to Coms. on ED. and HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2021-02-22 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
• 2021-02-22 (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
• 2021-02-22 Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
• 2021-03-01 Set for hearing March 17.
• 2021-03-07 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-03-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 668.) (March 17). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-03-19 Set for hearing April 7.
• 2021-03-22 April 7 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2021-04-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-04-09 Set for hearing April 21.
• 2021-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 876.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-30 Set for hearing May 10.
• 2021-05-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-05-10 May 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
• 2021-05-20 May 20 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
• 2021-12-28 Set for hearing January 6 in GOV. & F. pending receipt.
• 2022-01-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-01-03 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2022-01-03 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2022-01-03 Re-referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and E., U. & C. referral-committee
• 2022-01-05 Set for hearing January 10 in E., U. & C. pending receipt.
• 2022-01-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E., U. & C. (Ayes 3. Noes 1. Page 2727.) (January 6). Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-01-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1. Page 2739.) (January 10). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-01-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-01-14 Set for hearing January 18.
• 2022-01-18 January 18 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2022-01-19 Set for hearing January 20.
• 2022-01-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2794.) (January 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-01-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-01-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 1. Page 2804.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-01-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2022-05-05 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and U. & E. referral-committee
• 2022-05-31 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-16 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-20 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 Coauthors revised.
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (August 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 7. Page 5942.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-18 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-08-23 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 3. Page 5022.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2022-09-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 356, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88ff1d68-31b2-4ab2-b650-e6d1f38758b6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).