CA AB 737
enactedEnergy: building decarbonization: notice and recordation of a decarbonization charge.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 737 pass?
Yes. CA AB 737 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-03. Latest recorded action (2025-10-03): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 276, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 737 about?
Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission, or the governing board of a local publicly owned electric utility or electrical cooperative, to require an energy supplier, defined as an electrical corporation, local publicly owned electric utility, electric service provider, community choice aggregator, or electrical cooperative, administering a decarbonization upgrade program or initiative, to record, no later than 30 days after funding a decarbonization upgrade, a notice of decarbonization charge, as defined, with the county recorder of the county where the property subject to the decarbonization charge is located, as specified. Existing law requires, among other things, an energy supplier, within 30 days of full cost recovery of the outstanding charges related to the recorded notice of decarbonization charge, to record a notice of the full cost recovery and removal of the decarbonization charge with the county recorder of the county where the property subject to the decarbonization charge is located. This bill would add gas corporations to the definition of "energy supplier" for purposes of the above-described provisions and make conforming changes. Under existing law, a violation of any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because a violation of a commission action implementing the above provisions would be a crime, this 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 737?
Quirk-Silva is the primary sponsor of CA AB 737.
Description
Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission, or the governing board of a local publicly owned electric utility or electrical cooperative, to require an energy supplier, defined as an electrical corporation, local publicly owned electric utility, electric service provider, community choice aggregator, or electrical cooperative, administering a decarbonization upgrade program or initiative, to record, no later than 30 days after funding a decarbonization upgrade, a notice of decarbonization charge, as defined, with the county recorder of the county where the property subject to the decarbonization charge is located, as specified. Existing law requires, among other things, an energy supplier, within 30 days of full cost recovery of the outstanding charges related to the recorded notice of decarbonization charge, to record a notice of the full cost recovery and removal of the decarbonization charge with the county recorder of the county where the property subject to the decarbonization charge is located. This bill would add gas corporations to the definition of "energy supplier" for purposes of the above-described provisions and make conforming changes. Under existing law, a violation of any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because a violation of a commission action implementing the above provisions would be a crime, this 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
- 2025-07-07
- Latest action
- 2025-10-03 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 276, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Quirk-Silvaauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-02-18
Read first time. To print.
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2025-02-19
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2025-03-03
Referred to Com. on U. & E.
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2025-04-03
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-30
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 30).
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2025-05-01
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-05-08
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1486.)
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2025-05-08
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-21
Referred to Com. on E., U & C.
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2025-06-17
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-07-07
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (July 1).
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2025-07-08
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-08-19
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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2025-08-20
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-09
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 2698.).
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2025-09-09
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-10
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 3235.).
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2025-09-22
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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2025-10-03
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-03
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 276, Statutes of 2025.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-04-02 · pass · 18-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Davies: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ta: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Chen: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Papan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Hart: yes
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2025-04-30 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Dixon: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ta: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Solache: yes
- Fong: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Pellerin: other
AB 737 Quirk-Silva Consent Calendar Second Day
2025-05-08 · pass · 69-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Gabriel: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Berman: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Chen: yes
- Haney: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Ward: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Davies: yes
- Hart: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Papan: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Fong: yes
- Patel: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Lee: yes
- Solache: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Soria: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Addis: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ta: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Carrillo: other
- Arambula: other
- Irwin: other
- Gallagher: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Wallis: other
- Flora: other
- Boerner: other
- Sanchez: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-01 · pass · 15-1
Member-level votes (17)
- Hurtado: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Grove: yes
- Allen: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Becker: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Limón: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Stern: no
- Arreguín: other
3rd Reading AB737 Quirk-Silva By Caballero
2025-09-09 · pass · 35-1
Member-level votes (40)
- Richardson: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Jones: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Becker: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Grove: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Laird: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Limón: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Niello: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Choi: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Stern: no
- Menjivar: other
- Cabaldon: other
- Smallwood-Cuevas: other
- Blakespear: other
AB 737 Quirk-Silva Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-11 · pass · 68-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Ward: 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
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Davies: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Chen: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Johnson: other
- Muratsuchi: other
- Ortega: other
- Connolly: other
- Tangipa: other
- Rogers: other
- Addis: other
- Bryan: other
- Haney: other
- Gallagher: other
- Hart: other
- Lee: other
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