Existing law authorizes a person proposing an eligible facility, including an energy storage system that is capable of storing 200 megawatthours or more of energy, to file with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) an application for certification for the site and related facility, as provided. Existing law provides that the certification issued by the Energy Commission is in lieu of any permit, certificate, or similar document required by a state, local, or regional agency for the use of the site and related facility.
California SB 283 (20252026) — Energy storage systems.
Existing law authorizes a person proposing an eligible facility, including an energy storage system that is capable of storing 200 megawatthours or more of energy, to file with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) an application for certification for the site and related facility, as provided. Existing law provides that the certification issued by the Energy Commission is in lieu of any permit, certificate, or similar document required by a state, local, or regional agency for the use of the site and related facility.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 16–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
SB 283 Laird Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris — 80–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB283 Laird et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Laird — primary (person)
Davies — coauthor (person)
Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-05 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2025-02-06 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.
2025-02-14 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2025-03-20 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
2025-04-02 Re-referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and L. GOV. referral-committee
2025-04-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-04-10 Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 810.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-22 Set for hearing April 30.
2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 968.) (April 30). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-05-09 Set for hearing May 19.
2025-05-19 May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-20 Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1194.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1299.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-06-05 Referred to Coms. on U. & E. and L. GOV. referral-committee
2025-06-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-17 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-08-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-05 Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
2025-09-05 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-05 Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3069.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2821.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 407, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a56c5db-dac1-40f4-b917-196dc6208024. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).