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Bill	Diablo Canyon powerplant: extension of operations.	(1) Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over electrical corporations. The Diablo Canyon nuclear powerplant, composed of Reactor Units 1 and 2, is operated by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, an electrical corporation, in the County of San Luis Obispo. On January 11, 2018, the PUC approved the Pacific Gas and Electric Company's proposal to retire Unit 1 in 2024 and Unit 2 in 2025.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 846	California SB 846 (20212022)	bill appropriation	Diablo Canyon powerplant: extension of operations.	enacted	Dodd	9	37	7	2022-01-13	2022-09-02	openstates	ocd-bill/6b49fdac-3bf3-4f09-8c5b-62c170f3068b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB846	be516e47970814a3ed817899b33dfb90303ac3575421a3af8b31b6943be6dc0c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 846 (20212022) — Diablo Canyon powerplant: extension of operations.

(1) Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over electrical corporations. The Diablo Canyon nuclear powerplant, composed of Reactor Units 1 and 2, is operated by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, an electrical corporation, in the County of San Luis Obispo. On January 11, 2018, the PUC approved the Pacific Gas and Electric Company's proposal to retire Unit 1 in 2024 and Unit 2 in 2025.

Version chain

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

1. 01/13/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/16/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/19/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/13/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/28/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/28/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/02/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB846 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/01/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 846 Dodd Senate Third Reading By CUNNINGHAM — 69–3 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB846 Dodd et al. — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• W/O REF. TO FILE — 31–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dodd — primary (person)
• Cunningham — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-13 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2022-01-14 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 13.
• 2022-01-26 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2022-02-07 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
• 2022-02-07 (Ayes 31. Noes 6.)
• 2022-02-07 Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2880.)
• 2022-03-08 Set for hearing March 15.
• 2022-03-15 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 3108.) (March 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-03-25 Set for hearing April 4.
• 2022-04-04 April 4 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2022-05-13 Set for hearing May 19.
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3771.) (May 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-24 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2022-05-25 From special consent calendar on motion of Senator Durazo.
• 2022-05-25 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-05-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 3979.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-27 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2022-06-02 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2022-06-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (June 22). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-28 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2022-08-11 August 11 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
• 2022-08-28 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
• 2022-09-01 Assembly Rule 96 and 63 suspended.
• 2022-09-01 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2022-09-01 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-09-01 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-09-01 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-09-01 Urgency clause adopted.
• 2022-09-01 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 1. Page 5427.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
• 2022-09-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 239, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6b49fdac-3bf3-4f09-8c5b-62c170f3068b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).