republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1128.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy: alternative energy financing."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority and requires the authority to establish programs to provide financial assistance to participating parties for projects related to alternative energy sources and advanced transportation projects. Existing law authorizes the authority to issue revenue bonds or other securities of up to $1 billion in total outstanding debt as a financing mechanism for providing financial assistance to those projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1128"
citation: "California SB 1128 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy: alternative energy financing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 42
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2012-02-21"
last_action: "2012-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a3e748d-22f6-4b26-b4db-b8c5a00ba597"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1128"
source_hash: "1deff8d9caac201560e066cbb0667e984ba503521333f32db5685ba7cc3141c6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 1128 (20112012) — Energy: alternative energy financing.

Existing law establishes the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority and requires the authority to establish programs to provide financial assistance to participating parties for projects related to alternative energy sources and advanced transportation projects. Existing law authorizes the authority to issue revenue bonds or other securities of up to $1 billion in total outstanding debt as a financing mechanism for providing financial assistance to those projects.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1128&version=20110SB112899INT)
2. **04/09/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1128&version=20110SB112898AMD)
3. **04/16/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1128&version=20110SB112897AMD)
4. **05/01/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1128&version=20110SB112896AMD)
5. **05/29/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1128&version=20110SB112895AMD)
6. **06/18/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1128&version=20110SB112894AMD)
7. **08/07/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1128&version=20110SB112893AMD)
8. **08/20/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1128&version=20110SB112892AMD)
9. **08/24/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1128&version=20110SB112891AMD)
10. **09/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1128&version=20110SB112889CHP)
11. **SB1128** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1128)
12. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1128&version=20110SB112890ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and The Economy. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1128 Padilla Concurrence — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1128 Padilla Senate Third Reading By GORDON — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Padilla — primary (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-21** (Corrected February 23.)
- **2012-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-27** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2012-03-28** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-03-28** Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E., U. & C. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3120.) (April 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-17** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2012-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3303.) (April 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-05-04** Set for hearing May 14.
- **2012-05-14** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2012-05-18** Set for hearing May 24.
- **2012-05-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3591.) (May 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3713.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-15** Referred to Coms. on REV. & TAX. and J., E.D. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-25** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 5409.)
- **2012-07-02** Set, first hearing. Referred to REV. & TAX. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on J., E.D. & E. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D. & E. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-05** Action rescinded whereby the committee report from the Com. on J., E.D. & E. was adopted.
- **2012-07-05** Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-24** Read third time and amended. (Page 6253.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6454.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4970.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 677, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a3e748d-22f6-4b26-b4db-b8c5a00ba597`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).