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Bill	Battery energy storage facilities: emergency response and emergency action plans.	Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the commission to implement and enforce standards for the maintenance and operation of facilities for the generation and storage of electricity owned by an electrical corporation or located in the state to ensure their reliable operation.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 38	California SB 38 (20232024)	bill	Battery energy storage facilities emergency response and emergency action plans	enacted	Laird	8	31	8	2022-12-05	2023-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/f02feecc-3796-4bb9-9974-36df529d88f9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB38	84966c0dfb6225a0336e70f76b949289cd31e83227c97b2d13f41c2637bb1221	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 38 (20232024) — Battery energy storage facilities: emergency response and emergency action plans.

Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the commission to implement and enforce standards for the maintenance and operation of facilities for the generation and storage of electricity owned by an electrical corporation or located in the state to ensure their reliable operation.

Version chain

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

1. 12/05/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/22/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/18/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/03/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/31/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/07/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB38 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/11/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent SB38 Laird et al. — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 38 Laird Senate Third Reading By Addis — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB38 Laird et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Laird — primary (person)
• Addis — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-12-05 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2022-12-06 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
• 2023-01-18 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2023-03-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
• 2023-04-03 Set for hearing April 10.
• 2023-04-17 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 637.) (April 10). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-04-21 Set for hearing May 1.
• 2023-05-01 May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1158.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2023-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1295.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-06-08 Referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
• 2023-07-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-07-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-23 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-08-28 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Bryan.
• 2023-08-28 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-08-31 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-31 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-09-06 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2966.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-06 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-09-07 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2464.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 377, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f02feecc-3796-4bb9-9974-36df529d88f9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).