republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1268.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy: energy conservation assistance."
description: "(1) The Energy Conservation Assistance Act of 1979 requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, until January 1, 2013, to administer the State Energy Conservation Assistance Account, a continuously appropriated account, to provide grants and loans to local governments and public institutions to maximize energy use savings. The act defines \"energy conservation measures\" to include measures primarily intended to reduce energy consumption or allow the use of a more desirable energy source. The act defines \"unit of local government\" to be a unit of general purpose government below the state or a special district. The act requires entities receiving a loan to repay the loan plus interest in not more than 30 equal semiannual payments with the first semiannual payment made on or before December 22 of the fiscal year following the year in which the project is completed. The act authorizes the commission to borrow moneys from specified entities from proceeds of revenue bonds issued by those entities. The act requires unencumbered funds in the account, on January 1, 2013, to revert back to the General Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1268"
citation: "California SB 1268 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Energy: energy conservation assistance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2843c9d2-6187-4e29-9e2d-d10bdf305106"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1268"
source_hash: "000caf46dd5262f1020061c46ee5a6e8ac36cc06a2ed8e59290428eeb297fb61"
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 1268 (20112012) — Energy: energy conservation assistance.

(1) The Energy Conservation Assistance Act of 1979 requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, until January 1, 2013, to administer the State Energy Conservation Assistance Account, a continuously appropriated account, to provide grants and loans to local governments and public institutions to maximize energy use savings. The act defines "energy conservation measures" to include measures primarily intended to reduce energy consumption or allow the use of a more desirable energy source. The act defines "unit of local government" to be a unit of general purpose government below the state or a special district. The act requires entities receiving a loan to repay the loan plus interest in not more than 30 equal semiannual payments with the first semiannual payment made on or before December 22 of the fiscal year following the year in which the project is completed. The act authorizes the commission to borrow moneys from specified entities from proceeds of revenue bonds issued by those entities. The act requires unencumbered funds in the account, on January 1, 2013, to revert back to the General Fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1268&version=20110SB126899INT)
2. **04/10/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1268&version=20110SB126898AMD)
3. **05/01/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1268&version=20110SB126897AMD)
4. **06/25/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1268&version=20110SB126896AMD)
5. **08/07/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1268&version=20110SB126895AMD)
6. **08/13/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1268&version=20110SB126894AMD)
7. **08/20/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1268&version=20110SB126893AMD)
8. **09/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1268&version=20110SB126891CHP)
9. **SB1268** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1268)
10. **09/05/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1268&version=20110SB126892ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB1268 Pavley By Padilla — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1268 Pavley Senate Third Reading By BRADFORD — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pavley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-27** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2012-04-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 3205.) (April 17). `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`
- **2012-05-07** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-05-11** Set for hearing May 21.
- **2012-05-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3615.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Coms. on U. & C. and NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-21** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 2). `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`
- **2012-08-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, 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 17. 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`
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6196.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5060.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2012-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 615, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2843c9d2-6187-4e29-9e2d-d10bdf305106`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).