republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-1414.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electricity: demand response."
description: "(1) The Public Utilities Act requires the Public Utilities Commission, in consultation with the Independent System Operator, to establish resource adequacy requirements for all load‑serving entities, as defined, in accordance with specified objectives. The definition of a \"load-serving entity\" excludes a local publicly owned electric utility. The act requires each load‑serving entity to maintain physical generating capacity adequate to meet its load requirements to provide reliable electric service. The act requires the Public Utilities Commission to determine the most efficient and equitable means for achieving prescribed objectives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1414"
citation: "California SB 1414 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electricity: demand response."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wolk"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c227168-1a37-415c-bfd1-547fff9be18e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1414"
source_hash: "d3d778a612a8c1e26922270fa3c57e4ce34c692165601d5279ea9734cb0b3f9c"
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 1414 (20132014) — Electricity: demand response.

(1) The Public Utilities Act requires the Public Utilities Commission, in consultation with the Independent System Operator, to establish resource adequacy requirements for all load‑serving entities, as defined, in accordance with specified objectives. The definition of a "load-serving entity" excludes a local publicly owned electric utility. The act requires each load‑serving entity to maintain physical generating capacity adequate to meet its load requirements to provide reliable electric service. The act requires the Public Utilities Commission to determine the most efficient and equitable means for achieving prescribed objectives.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1414&version=20130SB141499INT)
2. **03/28/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1414&version=20130SB141498AMD)
3. **05/05/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1414&version=20130SB141497AMD)
4. **06/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1414&version=20130SB141496AMD)
5. **07/02/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1414&version=20130SB141495AMD)
6. **08/06/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1414&version=20130SB141494AMD)
7. **08/20/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1414&version=20130SB141493AMD)
8. **09/26/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1414&version=20130SB141491CHP)
9. **SB1414** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1414)
10. **08/28/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1414&version=20130SB141492ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Supp 1 SB1414 Wolk Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1414 Wolk Senate Third Reading By WILLIAMS — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wolk — primary (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Williams — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-17** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-11** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2014-05-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3296.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-05-09** Set for hearing May 19.
- **2014-05-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 3532.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-29** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-30** Action rescinded whereby the bill was reported from committee on June 25, 2014.
- **2014-07-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-13** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-13** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 5998.)
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-20** Read third time and amended. (Page 6231.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6422.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-26** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4881.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2014-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 627, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c227168-1a37-415c-bfd1-547fff9be18e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).