republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-837.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy: building energy standards: sealed and unvented attics."
description: "Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to prescribe, by regulation, building design and construction standards and energy and water conservation design standards for new residential and nonresidential buildings to reduce wasteful, uneconomic, inefficient, and unnecessary consumption of energy and to manage energy loads to help maintain electrical grid reliability. Existing law requires the commission to periodically review the standards and adopt revisions that it deems necessary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 837"
citation: "California SB 837 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "building energy standards", "sealed and unvented attics"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archuleta"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58522cc5-f074-4a91-bf3b-288add186ddc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB837"
source_hash: "1b810fb0902e68b65e8f564ee12a65c15f75f33ae157e6fb0da18d7fe5e7027e"
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 837 (20232024) — Energy: building energy standards: sealed and unvented attics.

Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to prescribe, by regulation, building design and construction standards and energy and water conservation design standards for new residential and nonresidential buildings to reduce wasteful, uneconomic, inefficient, and unnecessary consumption of energy and to manage energy loads to help maintain electrical grid reliability. Existing law requires the commission to periodically review the standards and adopt revisions that it deems necessary.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB837&version=20230SB83799INT)
2. **04/26/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB837&version=20230SB83798AMD)
3. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB837&version=20230SB83796CHP)
4. **SB837** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB837)
5. **09/01/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB837&version=20230SB83797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 837 Archuleta Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Archuleta — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2023-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0. Page 872.) (April 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Set for hearing May 8.
- **2023-05-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1079.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-15** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-26** Referred to Com. on U. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12** June 14 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2023-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-23** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2866.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-31** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2023-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 509, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58522cc5-f074-4a91-bf3b-288add186ddc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).