republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1400.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Interest Research, Development, and Demonstration Program and Electric Program Investment Charge program: microgrid projects: diesel backup generators."
description: "The California Constitution establishes the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) , with jurisdiction over all public utilities, as defined. Existing decisions of the PUC institute an Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) to fund renewable energy and research, development, and demonstration programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1400"
citation: "California AB 1400 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Interest Research", "Development", "and Demonstration Program and Electric Program Investment Charge program: microgrid projects: diesel backup generators."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Friedman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e03630cd-d398-44d1-b88e-57b5d81b4fe1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1400"
source_hash: "a74cc3428c8c4198ed70ad0c02ceb51155b0b5997ccf9fdf4284bfdce9f90392"
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 1400 (20172018) — Public Interest Research, Development, and Demonstration Program and Electric Program Investment Charge program: microgrid projects: diesel backup generators.

The California Constitution establishes the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) , with jurisdiction over all public utilities, as defined. Existing decisions of the PUC institute an Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) to fund renewable energy and research, development, and demonstration programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1400&version=20170AB140099INT)
2. **03/28/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1400&version=20170AB140098AMD)
3. **04/25/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1400&version=20170AB140097AMD)
4. **09/07/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1400&version=20170AB140096AMD)
5. **10/04/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1400&version=20170AB140094CHP)
6. **AB1400** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1400)
7. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1400&version=20170AB140095ENR)

## Sponsors

- Friedman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Com. on U. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (April 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-25** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 3.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 11. Page 1799.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-08** Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-07-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-07** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2767.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-13** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3255.)
- **2017-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 7. Page 3318.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2017-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 476, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e03630cd-d398-44d1-b88e-57b5d81b4fe1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).