CA AB 34
enactedCalifornia Renewables Portfolio Standard Program: local publicly owned electric utilities: large hydroelectric generation.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 34 pass?
Yes. CA AB 34 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-07-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 67, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 34 about?
Under existing law, the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program requires retail sellers and local publicly owned electric utilities to procure a minimum quantity of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources during certain compliance periods up to December 31, 2030. Existing law provides that a local publicly owned electric utility is not required to procure a certain amount of eligible renewable energy resources if, during a year within those compliance periods, the local publicly owned electric utility receives more than 40% of its retail sales from large hydroelectric generation under an ownership agreement or contract in effect as of January 1, 2018. Existing law authorizes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to establish appropriate multiyear compliance periods for local publicly owned electric utilities beyond December 31, 2030. This bill would provide that the provision related to the procurement of eligible renewable energy resources by local publicly owned electric utilities also applies to the compliance periods established by the Energy Commission.
Who sponsors CA AB 34?
Patterson is the primary sponsor of CA AB 34, joined by 2 cosponsors.
Description
Under existing law, the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program requires retail sellers and local publicly owned electric utilities to procure a minimum quantity of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources during certain compliance periods up to December 31, 2030. Existing law provides that a local publicly owned electric utility is not required to procure a certain amount of eligible renewable energy resources if, during a year within those compliance periods, the local publicly owned electric utility receives more than 40% of its retail sales from large hydroelectric generation under an ownership agreement or contract in effect as of January 1, 2018. Existing law authorizes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to establish appropriate multiyear compliance periods for local publicly owned electric utilities beyond December 31, 2030. This bill would provide that the provision related to the procurement of eligible renewable energy resources by local publicly owned electric utilities also applies to the compliance periods established by the Energy Commission.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-13
- Latest action
- 2026-07-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 67, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Pattersonauthor
- Bermanprincipal coauthor
- Beckerprincipal coauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-07-13
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 67, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-07-13
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-07-02
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-06-25
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-06-25
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
committee-passage
2026-06-25
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5014.).
2026-06-23
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2026-06-22
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-06-10
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2026-06-10
Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
2026-06-09
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-05-06
Referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and E.Q.
referral-committee
2026-01-27
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3826.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-01-22
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3806.)
2026-01-22
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-01-22
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 22).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-16
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (January 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-01-16
Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Page 3780.)
2026-01-15
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 15). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-01-15
Coauthors revised.
2026-01-05
Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
referral-committee
2026-01-05
Re-referred to Coms. on U. & E. and NAT. RES. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
referral-committee
2026-01-05
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-03-17
Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
referral-committee
2025-03-13
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-02-03
Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
referral-committee
2024-12-03
From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
2024-12-02
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-01-15 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Patterson: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ta: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Chen: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Calderon: other
- Hart: other
- Davies: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-01-16 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Kalra: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Pellerin: other
Do pass.
2026-01-22 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Hoover: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Krell: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Fong: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Ta: yes
- Dixon: yes
AB 34 Patterson Assembly Third Reading
2026-01-26 · pass · 75-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Davies: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Chen: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Arambula: other
- Papan: other
- Lee: other
- Ta: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-06-08 · pass · 16-0
Member-level votes (17)
- Dahle: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Grove: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Allen: yes
- Becker: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Strickland: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Hurtado: other
Consent Calendar 2nd AB34 Patterson et al.
2026-06-25 · pass · 36-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Gonzalez: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Grove: yes
- Laird: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Niello: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Allen: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Choi: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Becker: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Stern: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Dahle: other
- Reyes: other
- Jones: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
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