CA AB 1715
enactedPublic utilities: reporting.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1715 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1715 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-20): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 372, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 1715 about?
(1) Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations. Existing law requires electrical corporations and gas corporations to submit specified information to the commission, and requires the commission to annually report to the Legislature on, among other things, all sources and amounts of funding and actual and proposed expenditures, including any costs to ratepayers, related to entities or programs established by the commission, as specified. This bill would require each electrical corporation or gas corporation to include in a quarterly report certain information for any taxpayer funding, as defined, greater than or equal to $1,000,000 that the corporation has applied for or received, as specified. The bill would require the commission, for each application in which an electrical corporation or gas corporation is seeking ratepayer funding, to require the electrical corporation or gas corporation to report all relevant taxpayer funding greater than or equal to $1,000,000 that the electrical corporation or gas corporation is pursuing or has secured, and, if the commission determines that an electrical corporation or gas corporation is not in compliance with that reporting requirement, the bill would authorize the commission to impose a penalty against the electrical corporation or gas corporation, as specified. The bill would require the commission to require each electrical corporation or gas corporation to deliver to ratepayers the financial benefits of taxpayer funding received, as provided. The bill would require the commission, on or before January 1, 2028, and annually thereafter, to provide a report to the Legislature with a summary of the information on taxpayer funding reported by each electrical corporation or gas corporation, including the number of grants or loans, the source of those grants or loans, the total dollar amount received, the projects funded by the grants or loans, and the total demonstrated ratepayer savings, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2037. (2) Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because the provisions of this bill would be a part of the act and because a violation of a commission action implementing the bill's requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors CA AB 1715?
Schiavo is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1715.
Description
(1) Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations. Existing law requires electrical corporations and gas corporations to submit specified information to the commission, and requires the commission to annually report to the Legislature on, among other things, all sources and amounts of funding and actual and proposed expenditures, including any costs to ratepayers, related to entities or programs established by the commission, as specified. This bill would require each electrical corporation or gas corporation to include in a quarterly report certain information for any taxpayer funding, as defined, greater than or equal to $1,000,000 that the corporation has applied for or received, as specified. The bill would require the commission, for each application in which an electrical corporation or gas corporation is seeking ratepayer funding, to require the electrical corporation or gas corporation to report all relevant taxpayer funding greater than or equal to $1,000,000 that the electrical corporation or gas corporation is pursuing or has secured, and, if the commission determines that an electrical corporation or gas corporation is not in compliance with that reporting requirement, the bill would authorize the commission to impose a penalty against the electrical corporation or gas corporation, as specified. The bill would require the commission to require each electrical corporation or gas corporation to deliver to ratepayers the financial benefits of taxpayer funding received, as provided. The bill would require the commission, on or before January 1, 2028, and annually thereafter, to provide a report to the Legislature with a summary of the information on taxpayer funding reported by each electrical corporation or gas corporation, including the number of grants or loans, the source of those grants or loans, the total dollar amount received, the projects funded by the grants or loans, and the total demonstrated ratepayer savings, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2037. (2) Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because the provisions of this bill would be a part of the act and because a violation of a commission action implementing the bill's requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-18
- Latest action
- 2026-09-20 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 372, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Schiavoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-20
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 372, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-20
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-09
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 9.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 9. Page 6865.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-28
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-28
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 5.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-24
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-20
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 13).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-13
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-06-29
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-06-23
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,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-18
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-17
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (June 16).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-06-03
Referred to Com. on E., U & C.
referral-committee
2026-05-27
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 8.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 8. Page 5297.)
2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (May 14).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-22
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-03-23
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2026-03-19
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-03-18
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 18).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-02-23
Referred to Com. on U. & E.
referral-committee
2026-02-05
From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
2026-02-04
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
Versions
- 02/04/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-04Compare
- 03/19/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-19Compare
- 06/18/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-18Compare
- 06/23/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-23Compare
- 08/20/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-20Compare
- 09/03/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-03Compare
- 09/20/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-20Compare
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-03-18 · pass · 16-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Patterson: yes
- Papan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Hart: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Ta: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Davies: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Chen: other
- Irwin: other
Do pass.
2026-05-14 · pass · 13-2
Member-level votes (15)
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ta: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Solache: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Tangipa: no
- Dixon: no
AB 1715 Schiavo Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-26 · pass · 67-8
Member-level votes (80)
- Ward: yes
- Patel: yes
- Hart: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Lee: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Ta: yes
- Haney: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Soria: yes
- Papan: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Krell: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Davies: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bains: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Addis: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Flora: no
- Hadwick: no
- Dixon: no
- Macedo: no
- Tangipa: no
- DeMaio: no
- Johnson: no
- Sanchez: no
- Lackey: other
- Ellis: other
- Chen: other
- Muratsuchi: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-16 · pass · 14-2
Member-level votes (17)
- Archuleta: yes
- Allen: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Stern: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Richardson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Becker: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Niello: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Strickland: no
- Grove: other
Placed on suspense file
2026-06-29 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cervantes: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
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