republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1207.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Alternate Rates for Energy program."
description: "Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility, and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. The Public Utilities Act requires the commission, in establishing residential electric rates, to ensure that the rates are sufficient to enable the electrical corporation to recover a just and reasonable amount of revenue from residential customers as a class, while observing the principle that electricity service is a necessity, for which a low affordable rate is desirable while observing that conservation is desirable. The act requires the commission to establish a program of assistance to low-income electric and gas customers, referred to as the California Alternate Rates for Energy or CARE program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1207"
citation: "California SB 1207 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Alternate Rates for Energy program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fuller"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-02-22"
last_action: "2012-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72236e18-1d66-487f-8431-63a23d30603b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1207"
source_hash: "f8792a9a4b5f7b7d88e0f55220900e34e9c69f6700dfd14b58338b75f4fb2960"
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 1207 (20112012) — California Alternate Rates for Energy program.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility, and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. The Public Utilities Act requires the commission, in establishing residential electric rates, to ensure that the rates are sufficient to enable the electrical corporation to recover a just and reasonable amount of revenue from residential customers as a class, while observing the principle that electricity service is a necessity, for which a low affordable rate is desirable while observing that conservation is desirable. The act requires the commission to establish a program of assistance to low-income electric and gas customers, referred to as the California Alternate Rates for Energy or CARE program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1207&version=20110SB120799INT)
2. **04/09/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1207&version=20110SB120798AMD)
3. **04/16/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1207&version=20110SB120797AMD)
4. **05/01/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1207&version=20110SB120796AMD)
5. **05/25/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1207&version=20110SB120795AMD)
6. **08/20/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1207&version=20110SB120794AMD)
7. **09/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1207&version=20110SB120792CHP)
8. **SB1207** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1207)
9. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1207&version=20110SB120793ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1207 Fuller Concurrence — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1207 Fuller Senate Third Reading By BRADFORD — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fuller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-22** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2012-03-01** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2012-04-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3303.) (April 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-05-04** Set for hearing May 14.
- **2012-05-14** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2012-05-18** Set for hearing May 24.
- **2012-05-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3592.) (May 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3652.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-15** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-08** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6461.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4972.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2012-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 613, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72236e18-1d66-487f-8431-63a23d30603b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).