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Bill	Energy: firm zero-carbon resources.	Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to biennially adopt an integrated energy policy report that includes an overview of major energy trends and issues facing the state and an assessment and forecast of system reliability and the need for resource additions, efficiency, and conservation that considers all aspects of energy industries and markets that are essential for the state economy, general welfare, public health and safety, energy diversity, and protection of the environment.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 423	California SB 423 (20212022)	bill	Energy: firm zero-carbon resources.	enacted	Stern	11	39	10	2021-02-12	2021-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/79e80e3e-5b93-426f-821b-24428ee8591c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB423	d722b4c3af25ed4aaa29641c137cedd05580e83dccbdcc32af458b1747908e1d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 423 (20212022) — Energy: firm zero-carbon resources.

Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to biennially adopt an integrated energy policy report that includes an overview of major energy trends and issues facing the state and an assessment and forecast of system reliability and the need for resource additions, efficiency, and conservation that considers all aspects of energy industries and markets that are essential for the state economy, general welfare, public health and safety, energy diversity, and protection of the environment.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/19/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/28/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/20/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/01/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/13/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/30/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/07/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/23/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. SB423 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/14/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 423 Stern Senate Third Reading By Muratsuchi — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 10–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB423 Stern et al. Concurrence — 29–7 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 31–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Stern — primary (person)
• Becker — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-12 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
• 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.)
• 2021-02-25 Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and E.Q. referral-committee
• 2021-03-23 Set for hearing April 12.
• 2021-04-15 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 10. Noes 3. Page 756.) (April 12). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-19 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-04-20 Set for hearing April 26.
• 2021-04-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 917.) (April 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-28 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-05-07 Set for hearing May 17.
• 2021-05-17 May 17 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2021-05-18 Set for hearing May 20.
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1191.) (May 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 1337.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2021-06-10 Referred to Coms. on U. & E. and NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2021-06-28 Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
• 2021-06-30 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 30). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-07-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-12 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 7). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-07-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-07 Assembly Rule 69(e) suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 19. Page 2850.)
• 2021-09-07 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-07 Ordered to third reading.
• 2021-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3138.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2021-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 2637.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2021-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 243, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/79e80e3e-5b93-426f-821b-24428ee8591c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).