republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-719.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy: energy efficiency: street light pole."
description: "Under the Public Utilities Act, or the act, the Public Utilities Commission, or the PUC, has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. The act requires the commission to review and adopt a procurement plan for each electrical corporation in accordance with specified elements, incentive mechanisms, and objectives. The act requires that an electrical corporation's proposed procurement plan include certain elements, including a showing that the electrical corporation will first meet its unmet needs through all available energy efficiency and demand-reduction resources that are cost effective, reliable, and feasible. Existing law requires the PUC, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to identify all potentially achievable cost‑effective electricity efficiency savings and establish efficiency targets."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 719"
citation: "California AB 719 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy: energy efficiency: street light pole."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roger Hernández"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/529fb432-38a8-4f6d-adc4-e8b7fbd41d76"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB719"
source_hash: "04da8fe590581e78d071655d8debfbc1ed2bcf461e4f4cc8294c3fe252dc572f"
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 719 (20132014) — Energy: energy efficiency: street light pole.

Under the Public Utilities Act, or the act, the Public Utilities Commission, or the PUC, has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. The act requires the commission to review and adopt a procurement plan for each electrical corporation in accordance with specified elements, incentive mechanisms, and objectives. The act requires that an electrical corporation's proposed procurement plan include certain elements, including a showing that the electrical corporation will first meet its unmet needs through all available energy efficiency and demand-reduction resources that are cost effective, reliable, and feasible. Existing law requires the PUC, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to identify all potentially achievable cost‑effective electricity efficiency savings and establish efficiency targets.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB719&version=20130AB71999INT)
2. **04/16/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB719&version=20130AB71998AMD)
3. **06/24/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB719&version=20130AB71997AMD)
4. **08/12/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB719&version=20130AB71996AMD)
5. **08/22/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB719&version=20130AB71995AMD)
6. **10/07/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB719&version=20130AB71993CHP)
7. **AB719** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB719)
8. **09/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB719&version=20130AB71994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- AB 719 HERNÁNDEZ Assembly Third Reading — **53–18** (pass) · lower
- AB 719 HERNÁNDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **54–22** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB719 Roger Hernández By Padilla — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roger Hernández — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-16** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 18. Page 1461.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Referred to Coms. on E., U., & C. and RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-27** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-12** 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`
- **2013-08-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 2187.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 22. Page 3036.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 616, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/529fb432-38a8-4f6d-adc4-e8b7fbd41d76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).