republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2363.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electricity procurement."
description: "(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined, while local publicly owned electric utilities, as defined, are under the direction of their governing board. The Public Utilities Act imposes various duties and responsibilities on the Public Utilities Commission with respect to the purchase of electricity and requires the commission to review and adopt a procurement plan and a renewable energy procurement plan for each electrical corporation pursuant to the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2363"
citation: "California AB 2363 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electricity procurement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dahle"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79474061-f344-438c-bd9e-76a3c74a50ea"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2363"
source_hash: "1318cfbf32ce7b7a6279282b9ab5cb47a3a39603ef62a49154b088d1ad5819ab"
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 AB 2363 (20132014) — Electricity procurement.

(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined, while local publicly owned electric utilities, as defined, are under the direction of their governing board. The Public Utilities Act imposes various duties and responsibilities on the Public Utilities Commission with respect to the purchase of electricity and requires the commission to review and adopt a procurement plan and a renewable energy procurement plan for each electrical corporation pursuant to the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2363&version=20130AB236399INT)
2. **04/10/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2363&version=20130AB236398AMD)
3. **05/06/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2363&version=20130AB236397AMD)
4. **06/16/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2363&version=20130AB236396AMD)
5. **08/04/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2363&version=20130AB236395AMD)
6. **08/18/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2363&version=20130AB236394AMD)
7. **09/26/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2363&version=20130AB236392CHP)
8. **AB2363** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2363)
9. **08/22/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2363&version=20130AB236393ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2363 DAHLE Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2363 Dahle By Fuller — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2363 DAHLE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Be referred to Committee on Utilities and Commerce. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dahle — primary (person)
- Alejo — principal coauthor (person)
- Bonilla — coauthor (person)
- Bradford — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Patterson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-10** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-24** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on U. & C. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-28** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4633.)
- **2014-05-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-06** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5065.)
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5189.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4652.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-21** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6285.)
- **2014-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6290.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 610, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79474061-f344-438c-bd9e-76a3c74a50ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).