CA AB 942

in committee

Electricity: climate credits.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The act authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms in regulating those emissions. The implementing regulations adopted by the state board provide for the direct allocation of greenhouse gas allowances to electrical corporations pursuant to a market-based compliance mechanism. Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the PUC to continue a program of assistance to low-income electric and gas customers with annual household incomes that are no greater than 200% of the federal poverty guidelines, as specified, which is referred to as the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program. Existing law also requires the PUC to continue a program of assistance to residential customers of the state's 3 largest electrical corporations consisting of households of 3 or more persons with total household annual gross income levels between 200% and 250% of the federal poverty guideline level, which is referred to as the Family Electric Rate Assistance (FERA) program. Existing law, except as provided, requires revenues received by an electrical corporation as a result of the direct allocation of greenhouse gas allowances to be credited directly to residential, small business, and emissions-intensive trade-exposed retail customers of the electrical corporation, commonly known as the California Climate Credit. This bill would exclude residential customers from receiving the California Climate Credit if they are not enrolled in the CARE or FERA program and their total electricity bills for the previous year were less than $300. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act, or of an order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission, is a crime. Because the provisions of this bill would be part of the Public Utilities Act, and a violation of a commission action implementing its requirements would be a crime, the 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: 2025-03-25
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-08-29 — From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

2025-02-19
Read first time. To print.
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2025-02-20
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2025-03-24
Referred to Com. on U. & E.
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2025-03-25
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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2025-03-26
Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
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2025-05-01
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (April 30).
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2025-05-05
Read second time and amended.
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2025-05-06
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-05-14
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-05-21
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (May 21).
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2025-05-22
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-02
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1952.)
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2025-06-03
Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Ayes 56. Noes 17. Page 2028.)
2025-06-03
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 14. Page 2029.)
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2025-06-04
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-18
Referred to Com. on E., U & C.
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2025-07-16
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (July 15).
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2025-07-17
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
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2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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Versions

02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
03/25/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-25Compare
05/05/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-05Compare
06/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-02Compare
07/17/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-17Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-30 · pass · 10-5
Member-level votes (18)
- Zbur: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Fong: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ta: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Papan: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Irwin: no
- Wallis: no
- Patterson: no
- Schiavo: no
- Davies: no
- Boerner: other
- Hart: other
- Chen: other
Do pass.
2025-05-21 · pass · 9-1
Member-level votes (15)
- Ta: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Tangipa: no
- Pellerin: other
- Sanchez: other
- Arambula: other
- Dixon: other
- Hart: other
AB 942 Calderon Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-04 · pass · 46-14
Member-level votes (79)
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Fong: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Flora: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Haney: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Chen: yes
- Papan: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Bains: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ta: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Lee: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Stefani: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Garcia: no
- Berman: no
- Davies: no
- Wicks: no
- Sanchez: no
- Tangipa: no
- Patterson: no
- Patel: no
- Wallis: no
- Ward: no
- Hoover: no
- Irwin: no
- Bauer-Kahan: no
- DeMaio: no
- Gallagher: other
- Castillo: other
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Muratsuchi: other
- Schiavo: other
- Gabriel: other
- Addis: other
- Lackey: other
- Pellerin: other
- Krell: other
- Boerner: other
- Connolly: other
- Hadwick: other
- Schultz: other
- Aguiar-Curry: other
- Arambula: other
- Rogers: other
- Hart: other
- Macedo: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-15 · pass · 9-4
Member-level votes (17)
- Gonzalez: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Stern: yes
- Becker: yes
- Allen: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Strickland: no
- Dahle: no
- Hurtado: no
- Grove: no
- Limón: other
- Ochoa Bogh: other
- Wahab: other
- Ashby: 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
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules]
2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: no
- Seyarto: no

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