republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-500.md

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Bill	Energy: usage data.	Existing law requires each utility, on and after January 1, 2017, to, upon the request and authorization of the owner, owner's agent, or operator of a covered building, as defined, deliver or otherwise provide aggregated energy usage data for a covered building to the owner, owner's agent, or building operator, or to the owner's account in the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 500	California SB 500 (20252026)	bill	Energy usagedata	enacted	Stern	9	31	9	2025-02-19	2025-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/532fcaa0-7efd-4366-af23-ddd52ce271dd	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB500	9faee9d8de14ac04f60c00763b8788f6e6e038002d81ead92df3ca2ff87cde2d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 500 (20252026) — Energy: usage data.

Existing law requires each utility, on and after January 1, 2017, to, upon the request and authorization of the owner, owner's agent, or operator of a covered building, as defined, deliver or otherwise provide aggregated energy usage data for a covered building to the owner, owner's agent, or building operator, or to the owner's account in the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/06/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/23/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/23/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/30/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/13/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB500 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/17/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB500 Stern Concurrence — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 29–10 (pass) · upper
• SB 500 Stern Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Stern — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-19 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
• 2025-02-26 Referred to Com. on E., U & C. referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 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
• 2025-04-11 Set for hearing April 29.
• 2025-05-05 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 3. Page 935.) (April 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-06 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 as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1202.) (May 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 1504.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-05 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-16 Referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
• 2025-06-23 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
• 2025-06-30 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
• 2025-07-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3176.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-11 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
• 2025-09-11 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E., U & C. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2851.) Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-09-11 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 2939.) committee-passage
• 2025-09-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2961.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 765, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/532fcaa0-7efd-4366-af23-ddd52ce271dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).