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CA AB 615

vetoed

Power facilities: emergency response and action plans.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 615 pass?

No. CA AB 615 passed the legislature but was vetoed on 2026-01-22. Latest recorded action (2026-01-22): Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

What is CA AB 615 about?

Existing law requires an application to be filed with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission for certification of a site and related facility that includes an electrical transmission line or thermal powerplant, or both. Existing law requires the application to contain, among other information, a description of any electrical transmission lines, a map of the proposed route and existing transmission lines, justification for the proposed route, and a preliminary description of the effect of the proposed electrical transmission lines on the environment, ecology, and scenic, historic, and recreational values, as specified. This bill would remove the requirement that the application include the information described above, and would require that the application also contain an emergency response and action plan, to be paid for by the applicant, that incorporates impacts to the surrounding areas in the event of an emergency and that would be conducted and coordinated with local emergency management agencies, unified program agencies, and local first response agencies. Existing law authorizes a person proposing an energy storage system to file an application for certification with the commission in lieu of any permit, certificate, or similar document required by any state, local, or regional agency, or federal agency, as provided. The bill would require that an application for an energy storage system also contain an emergency response and action plan, to be paid for by the applicant, that includes analysis and feedback from a local emergency management agency. The bill would require the commission to ensure an energy storage system that submits an application after January 1, 2026, complies with setback requirements that are at least as protective as the most recently published edition of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 855, Standard for the Installation of Stationary Energy Storage Systems.

Who sponsors CA AB 615?

Davies is the primary sponsor of CA AB 615, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law requires an application to be filed with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission for certification of a site and related facility that includes an electrical transmission line or thermal powerplant, or both. Existing law requires the application to contain, among other information, a description of any electrical transmission lines, a map of the proposed route and existing transmission lines, justification for the proposed route, and a preliminary description of the effect of the proposed electrical transmission lines on the environment, ecology, and scenic, historic, and recreational values, as specified. This bill would remove the requirement that the application include the information described above, and would require that the application also contain an emergency response and action plan, to be paid for by the applicant, that incorporates impacts to the surrounding areas in the event of an emergency and that would be conducted and coordinated with local emergency management agencies, unified program agencies, and local first response agencies. Existing law authorizes a person proposing an energy storage system to file an application for certification with the commission in lieu of any permit, certificate, or similar document required by any state, local, or regional agency, or federal agency, as provided. The bill would require that an application for an energy storage system also contain an emergency response and action plan, to be paid for by the applicant, that includes analysis and feedback from a local emergency management agency. The bill would require the commission to ensure an energy storage system that submits an application after January 1, 2026, complies with setback requirements that are at least as protective as the most recently published edition of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 855, Standard for the Installation of Stationary Energy Storage Systems.

Introduced
2025-04-22
Latest action
2026-01-22 — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Daviesauthor
  • Dixoncoauthor
  • Stricklandcoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-13

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-14

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

  3. 2025-03-13

    Referred to Coms. on E.M and U. & E.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.

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  5. 2025-04-22

    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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  6. 2025-04-23

    Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.

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  7. 2025-05-01

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 30).

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  8. 2025-05-05

    Read second time and amended.

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  9. 2025-05-06

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2025-05-14

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  11. 2025-05-21

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 21).

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  12. 2025-05-22

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  13. 2025-05-27

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1739.)

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  14. 2025-05-28

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  15. 2025-06-04

    Referred to Com. on E., U & C.

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  16. 2025-07-10

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 7).

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  17. 2025-07-14

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  18. 2025-08-19

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  19. 2025-08-20

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  20. 2025-09-03

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2462.).

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  21. 2025-09-03

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  22. 2025-09-04

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2917.).

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  23. 2025-09-11

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  24. 2025-10-06

    Vetoed by Governor.

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  25. 2025-10-06

    Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  26. 2026-01-22

    Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

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Versions

  • 02/13/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-13Compare
  • 04/22/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-22Compare
  • 05/05/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-05Compare
  • 07/14/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-14Compare
  • 09/08/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-08Compare
  • AB615Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Utilities and Energy]

    2025-04-07 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Bennett: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ransom: yes

  • Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-30 · pass · 18-0

    Member-level votes (18)
    • Patterson: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Mark González: yes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-05-21 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Hart: yes

  • AB 615 Davies Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-05-27 · pass · 76-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Alanis: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bennett: other
    • Nguyen: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-07 · pass · 16-0

    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
    • Stern: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Dahle: other

  • 3rd Reading AB615 Davies et al. By Laird

    2025-09-03 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Becker: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Caballero: yes

  • AB 615 Davies Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-04 · pass · 77-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Bains: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Lee: other
    • Ahrens: other

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