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Bill	Transportation electrification: electrical distribution grid upgrades.	Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, while local publicly owned electric utilities, as defined, are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing law, enacted as part of the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015, requires the PUC, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and the State Air Resources Board, to direct electrical corporations to file applications for programs and investments to accelerate widespread transportation electrification to reduce dependence on petroleum, meet air quality standards, achieve the goals set forth in the Charge Ahead California Initiative, and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. Existing law requires the Energy Commission, working with the state board and the PUC, to prepare, at least once every 2 years, a statewide assessment of the electrical vehicle charging infrastructure needed to support the levels of electric vehicle adoption required for the state to meet certain goals.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2700	California AB 2700 (20212022)	bill	Transportation electrification: electrical distribution grid upgrades.	enacted	McCarty	10	34	10	2022-02-18	2022-09-16	openstates	ocd-bill/d9eb175e-d948-4834-b889-268ac85ac004	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2700	98142054be24a54e08c9a20306f77b27e06485a4befea30e4c5ad16544449e3f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2700 (20212022) — Transportation electrification: electrical distribution grid upgrades.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, while local publicly owned electric utilities, as defined, are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing law, enacted as part of the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015, requires the PUC, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and the State Air Resources Board, to direct electrical corporations to file applications for programs and investments to accelerate widespread transportation electrification to reduce dependence on petroleum, meet air quality standards, achieve the goals set forth in the Charge Ahead California Initiative, and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. Existing law requires the Energy Commission, working with the state board and the PUC, to prepare, at least once every 2 years, a statewide assessment of the electrical vehicle charging infrastructure needed to support the levels of electric vehicle adoption required for the state to meet certain goals.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/07/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/27/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/30/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/01/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/02/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/16/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB2700 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/01/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2700 McCarty Assembly Third Reading — 58–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 10–1 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2700 McCarty Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 60–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2700 McCarty et al. By Allen — 33–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• McCarty — primary (person)
• Berman — author (person)
• Medina — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2022-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2022-03-10 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2022-03-21 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-1, reading-2
• 2022-03-22 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2022-03-28 Re-referred to Coms. on U. & E. and TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2022-04-07 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-1, reading-2
• 2022-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
• 2022-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-04-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 25). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-04-27 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2022-05-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 1. Page 4947.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-08 Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C., E.Q. and TRANS. referral-committee
• 2022-06-09 Action rescinded whereby the bill was referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2022-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-07-20 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-08-01 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-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-02 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-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-08 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 2. Page 5230.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2022-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 2.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 354, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d9eb175e-d948-4834-b889-268ac85ac004. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).