republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-756.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Home weatherization services for low-income customers."
description: "Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations. Existing law requires each electrical or gas corporation to perform home weatherization services for low-income customers, as determined by the commission, if the commission determines that a significant need for those services exists in the corporation's service territory, as specified. These services are generally known as the Energy Savings Assistance Program and are administered by each electrical or gas corporation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 756"
citation: "California SB 756 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Home weatherization services for low-income customers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hueso"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f13c65ba-9a8a-4a06-a8bc-2cebdf6e6ac6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB756"
source_hash: "3083252cb8e99a6f7a1c9dc9f534df566b99164c77540b8be51491feb28ab509"
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 756 (20212022) — Home weatherization services for low-income customers.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations. Existing law requires each electrical or gas corporation to perform home weatherization services for low-income customers, as determined by the commission, if the commission determines that a significant need for those services exists in the corporation's service territory, as specified. These services are generally known as the Energy Savings Assistance Program and are administered by each electrical or gas corporation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB756&version=20210SB75699INT)
2. **06/21/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB756&version=20210SB75698AMD)
3. **07/08/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB756&version=20210SB75697AMD)
4. **09/23/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB756&version=20210SB75695CHP)
5. **SB756** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB756)
6. **09/01/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB756&version=20210SB75696ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent SB756 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 756 Hueso Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hueso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2021-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 843.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2021-05-04** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1227.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-28** Referred to Com. on U. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-28** June 30 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-07-07** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 7). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-07-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-07-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 2376.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-07-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-07-15** (Corrected July 19.)
- **2021-08-17** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2021-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2242.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2021-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 248, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f13c65ba-9a8a-4a06-a8bc-2cebdf6e6ac6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).