Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to undertake various actions in furtherance of meeting the state's clean energy and pollution reduction objectives. Existing law prohibits the commission from certifying a nuclear fission thermal powerplant, except for specified powerplants, and provides that a nuclear fission thermal powerplant, except for those specified powerplants, is not a permitted land use in California, unless certain conditions are met regarding, among other things, the existence of technology for the construction and operation of nuclear fuel rod reprocessing plants and of demonstrated technology or means for the disposal of high-level nuclear waste, as specified.
California AB 1172 (20232024) — Integrated energy policy report: fusion energy.
Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to undertake various actions in furtherance of meeting the state's clean energy and pollution reduction objectives. Existing law prohibits the commission from certifying a nuclear fission thermal powerplant, except for specified powerplants, and provides that a nuclear fission thermal powerplant, except for those specified powerplants, is not a permitted land use in California, unless certain conditions are met regarding, among other things, the existence of technology for the construction and operation of nuclear fuel rod reprocessing plants and of demonstrated technology or means for the disposal of high-level nuclear waste, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1172 Calderon Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Utilities and Energy] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1172 Calderon Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent AB1172 Calderon By Newman — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Calderon — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
2023-03-02 Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and U. & E. referral-committee
2023-03-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-03-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
2023-04-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 12). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-04-17 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2023-04-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2023-05-03 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2023-05-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1763.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-06-07 Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
2023-06-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 20). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-07-10 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2023-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-08 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2023-09-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2767.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2023-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3551.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2023-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 360, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c7e59a0-d4a9-41eb-91d9-8b71c0825eba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).