CA AB 2612
Status unknownBuilding standards: qualified plug-in photovoltaic systems.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did CA AB 2612 pass?
The current status of CA AB 2612 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-08-13): In committee: Held under submission.
What is CA AB 2612 about?
Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. Existing law, the California Building Standards Law, establishes the California Building Standards Commission. Existing law requires the commission to approve and adopt building standards and to codify those standards in the California Building Standards Code. Existing law, the State Housing Law, establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards for buildings used for human habitation. Existing law, until January 1, 2033, requires the commission and the department, commencing with the next triennial edition of the code adopted after January 1, 2023, to research and develop, and authorizes the commission and the department to propose for adoption by the commission, mandatory building standards for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations in existing multifamily dwellings, hotels, motels, and nonresidential developments, as specified. This bill would authorize the commission, commencing with the first triennial edition of the code adopted after June 1, 2031, to adopt, approve, codify, and publish building energy standards for building electrical circuit features to enable a qualified plug-in photovoltaic system, as defined, to function as an energy source within the electrical circuit of a single-family residential dwelling, multiunit residential dwelling, or nonresidential development, that is constructed after that edition is adopted, as specified. The bill would, for purposes of that requirement, require the department to research, develop, and propose for adoption building standards for a qualified plug-in photovoltaic system to function as an energy source within the electrical circuit of a single-family residential dwelling, multiunit residential dwelling, or nonresidential development, as specified. The bill would require the commission and the department, in satisfying those requirements, to, among other things, consult with certain interested parties and invite the participation of the public at large in the development of those building energy standards through open consensus-based processes.
Who sponsors CA AB 2612?
Schultz is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2612, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. Existing law, the California Building Standards Law, establishes the California Building Standards Commission. Existing law requires the commission to approve and adopt building standards and to codify those standards in the California Building Standards Code. Existing law, the State Housing Law, establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards for buildings used for human habitation. Existing law, until January 1, 2033, requires the commission and the department, commencing with the next triennial edition of the code adopted after January 1, 2023, to research and develop, and authorizes the commission and the department to propose for adoption by the commission, mandatory building standards for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations in existing multifamily dwellings, hotels, motels, and nonresidential developments, as specified. This bill would authorize the commission, commencing with the first triennial edition of the code adopted after June 1, 2031, to adopt, approve, codify, and publish building energy standards for building electrical circuit features to enable a qualified plug-in photovoltaic system, as defined, to function as an energy source within the electrical circuit of a single-family residential dwelling, multiunit residential dwelling, or nonresidential development, that is constructed after that edition is adopted, as specified. The bill would, for purposes of that requirement, require the department to research, develop, and propose for adoption building standards for a qualified plug-in photovoltaic system to function as an energy source within the electrical circuit of a single-family residential dwelling, multiunit residential dwelling, or nonresidential development, as specified. The bill would require the commission and the department, in satisfying those requirements, to, among other things, consult with certain interested parties and invite the participation of the public at large in the development of those building energy standards through open consensus-based processes.
- Introduced
- 2026-04-06
- Latest action
- 2026-08-13 — In committee: Held under submission.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Schultzauthor
- Rogerscoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-08-13
In committee: Held under submission.
2026-08-03
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-06-29
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-25
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 24).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-06-10
Referred to Com. on HOUSING.
referral-committee
2026-05-27
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 5.)
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2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 5. Page 5387.)
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2026-05-19
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-18
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2026-05-14
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 14).
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2026-05-14
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5030.)
2026-05-13
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-04-23
Coauthors revised.
2026-04-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-20
Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
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2026-04-16
Read second time and amended.
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2026-04-15
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 15).
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2026-04-07
Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
referral-committee
2026-04-06
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended.
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2026-03-16
Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and U. & E.
referral-committee
2026-02-21
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2026-02-20
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Utilities and Energy]
2026-04-15 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Patterson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Haney: yes
- Lee: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Ta: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Garcia: yes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-22 · pass · 18-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Boerner: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Davies: yes
- Hart: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Ta: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Chen: yes
- Papan: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
Do pass as amended.
2026-05-14 · pass · 11-1
Member-level votes (15)
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Tangipa: no
- Ta: other
- Dixon: other
- Hoover: other
AB 2612 Schultz Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-27 · pass · 70-5
Member-level votes (80)
- Ward: yes
- Patel: yes
- Hart: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: 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
- Chen: yes
- Papan: yes
- Soria: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Zbur: 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
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Davies: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bains: yes
- Dixon: 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
- Hadwick: no
- Ellis: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Gallagher: no
- DeMaio: no
- Flora: other
- Lackey: other
- Johnson: other
- Muratsuchi: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-24 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Arreguín: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Padilla: yes
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