CA AB 61

in committee

Electricity and natural gas: legislation imposing mandated programs and requirements: third-party review.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 61 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 61 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-08-29): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 61 about?

Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations. The Public Advocate's Office of the Public Utilities Commission is established as an independent office within the commission to represent and advocate on behalf of the interests of public utility customers and subscribers within the jurisdiction of the commission. This bill would require the office to establish, by January 1, 2027, a program to, upon request of the Legislature, analyze legislation that would establish a mandated requirement or program or otherwise affect electrical or gas ratepayers, as specified. The bill would require the office to develop and implement conflict-of-interest provisions to prohibit a person from participating in an analysis for which the person knows or has reasons to know that the person has a material financial interest. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2032.

Who sponsors CA AB 61?

Pacheco is the primary sponsor of CA AB 61, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2025-02-26
Latest action: 2025-08-29 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-08-29
In committee: Held under submission.
2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-07-10
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-07-09
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 7).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-06-11
Referred to Com. on E., U & C.
referral-committee
2025-06-03
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-02
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1816.)
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
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2025-04-30
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
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2025-04-01
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-03-28
Read second time and amended.
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2025-03-27
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (March 26).
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2025-02-27
Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
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2025-02-26
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended.
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2025-02-03
Referred to Com. on U. & E.
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2024-12-03
From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
2024-12-02
Read first time. To print.
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02/26/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-02-26Compare
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Votes

Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-03-26 · pass · 18-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Davies: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Ta: yes
- Hart: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Papan: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Chen: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Mark González: yes
Do pass.
2025-05-23 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ta: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Sanchez: other
AB 61 Pacheco Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-02 · pass · 79-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Rivas: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ward: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Patel: yes
- Solache: yes
- Chen: yes
- Bonta: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Lee: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Papan: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Davies: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Berman: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Soria: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Ta: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Flora: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Addis: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Bains: yes
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-07 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (17)
- Allen: yes
- Limón: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Grove: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Becker: yes
- Stern: other
- Dahle: other
Placed on suspense file
2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes

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