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Bill	Battery electric vehicles: bidirectional capability.	Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt and implement motor vehicle emission standards, in-use performance standards, and motor vehicle fuel specifications for the control of air contaminants and sources of air pollution that the state board has found necessary, cost effective, and technologically feasible. The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the state board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases and requires the state board to adopt rules and regulations to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emission reductions from those sources.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 59	California SB 59 (20232024)	bill	Battery electric vehicles bidirectional capability	enacted	Skinner	9	35	10	2022-12-19	2024-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/e20bcda2-718f-48c9-bf67-0eba953274b5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB59	4dc5c8fa1645ff90bee417710379f8eb7dffad2791cfc7e7d59ac354164e3838	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 59 (20232024) — Battery electric vehicles: bidirectional capability.

Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt and implement motor vehicle emission standards, in-use performance standards, and motor vehicle fuel specifications for the control of air contaminants and sources of air pollution that the state board has found necessary, cost effective, and technologically feasible. The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the state board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases and requires the state board to adopt rules and regulations to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emission reductions from those sources.

Version chain

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

1. 12/19/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/22/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/16/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/10/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/03/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/20/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/27/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB59 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/05/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading SB59 Skinner et al. — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Utilities and Energy] — 11–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–3 (pass) · lower
• SB 59 Skinner Senate Third Reading By Irwin — 58–14 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB59 Skinner et al. Concurrence — 30–9 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Skinner — primary (person)
• Ting — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-12-19 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2022-12-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 19.
• 2023-01-04 Read first time. reading-1
• 2023-01-18 Referred to Coms. on G.O. and HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2023-02-22 Set for hearing March 14.
• 2023-03-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 339.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-03-16 Set for hearing March 29.
• 2023-03-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1. Page 574.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-10 Set for hearing April 17.
• 2023-04-17 April 17 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
• 2023-05-18 May 18 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
• 2024-01-12 Set for hearing January 18.
• 2024-01-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3010.) (January 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-22 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-01-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 3054.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-01-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2024-06-03 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2024-06-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-13 Re-referred to Coms. on TRANS. and U. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-07-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (July 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-08-07 August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2024-08-19 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 14. Page 6994.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2024-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 5768.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2024-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 765, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e20bcda2-718f-48c9-bf67-0eba953274b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).