Electricity: Family Electric Rate Assistance program.
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the commission to continue a program of assistance to residential customers of the state's 3 largest electrical corporations consisting of households of 3 or more persons with total household annual gross income levels between 200% and 250% of the federal poverty guideline level, which is referred to as the Family Electric Rate Assistance (FERA) program.
California SB 1130 (20232024) — Electricity: Family Electric Rate Assistance program.
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the commission to continue a program of assistance to residential customers of the state's 3 largest electrical corporations consisting of households of 3 or more persons with total household annual gross income levels between 200% and 250% of the federal poverty guideline level, which is referred to as the Family Electric Rate Assistance (FERA) program.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 35–3 (pass) · upper
SB 1130 Bradford Senate Third Reading By Garcia — 71–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB1130 Bradford Concurrence — 35–3 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Bradford — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-13 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2024-02-14 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
2024-02-21 Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
2024-03-06 Set for hearing March 19.
2024-03-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 3349.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-03-28 Set for hearing April 8.
2024-04-08 April 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2024-05-10 Set for hearing May 16.
2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3973.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 4025.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2024-05-28 Referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
2024-06-05 June 5 hearing postponed by committee.
2024-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-08-07 August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-22 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6528.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2024-08-28 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 5561.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 457, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/519616d3-71c7-4079-ac8c-25094fc46979. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).