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California SB 605 (20232024) — Wave and tidal energy.

Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to undertake various actions in furtherance of meeting the state's clean energy and pollution reduction objectives, including actions related to energy infrastructure.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/20/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/27/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/30/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/05/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/07/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB605 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/19/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Special Consent SB605 Padilla et al. — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, 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. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water] — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 605 Padilla Senate Third Reading By Muratsuchi — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB605 Padilla et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Padilla — primary (person)
• Archuleta — coauthor (person)
• Stern — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
• 2023-02-22 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2023-03-20 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 Coms. on E., U. & C. and N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2023-04-10 Set for hearing April 18.
• 2023-04-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 769.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-20 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2023-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 899.) (April 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-05-02 Set for hearing May 8.
• 2023-05-08 May 8 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 1177.) (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 1302.) 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
• 2023-06-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-08-16 August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2023-09-05 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-14 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3523.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-14 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2828.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-21 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 405, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/78d47a9e-d997-4fd4-bae2-a644b569e67e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).