CA SB 1350
enactedEnergy: renewable electrical generation facilities: definition.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 1350 pass?
Yes. CA SB 1350 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-06-29): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 35, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA SB 1350 about?
Existing law defines a "renewable electrical generation facility" as a facility that uses biomass, solar thermal, photovoltaic, wind, geothermal, fuel cells or linear generators that use specified fuels, small hydroelectric generation of 30 megawatts or less, digester gas, municipal solid waste conversion, landfill gas, ocean wave, ocean thermal, or tidal current, and that meets other specified requirements. Existing law incorporates that definition into various programs, including the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program, which requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a renewables portfolio standard requiring all retail sellers, as defined, to procure a minimum quantity of electricity products from electrical generating facilities that meet that definition of "renewable electrical generation facility," and the net energy metering program, in which residential customers, small commercial customers, and commercial, industrial, or agricultural customers of an electrical utility, who use renewable electrical generation facilities, are eligible to participate, as specified. This bill would expand the definition of "renewable electrical generation facility" to include a facility that converts hydrogen gas to electricity in a turbine and meets specified criteria, including that the hydrogen used in the turbine is solely derived from an eligible renewable resource, as specified, or through the electrolysis of water, and exclusively uses electricity generated from another renewable electrical generation facility, and that the manufacturing of the hydrogen does not result in resource shuffling or use unbundled renewable energy credits, as specified. 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 this bill's 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. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors CA SB 1350?
McNerney is the primary sponsor of CA SB 1350, joined by 7 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law defines a "renewable electrical generation facility" as a facility that uses biomass, solar thermal, photovoltaic, wind, geothermal, fuel cells or linear generators that use specified fuels, small hydroelectric generation of 30 megawatts or less, digester gas, municipal solid waste conversion, landfill gas, ocean wave, ocean thermal, or tidal current, and that meets other specified requirements. Existing law incorporates that definition into various programs, including the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program, which requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a renewables portfolio standard requiring all retail sellers, as defined, to procure a minimum quantity of electricity products from electrical generating facilities that meet that definition of "renewable electrical generation facility," and the net energy metering program, in which residential customers, small commercial customers, and commercial, industrial, or agricultural customers of an electrical utility, who use renewable electrical generation facilities, are eligible to participate, as specified. This bill would expand the definition of "renewable electrical generation facility" to include a facility that converts hydrogen gas to electricity in a turbine and meets specified criteria, including that the hydrogen used in the turbine is solely derived from an eligible renewable resource, as specified, or through the electrolysis of water, and exclusively uses electricity generated from another renewable electrical generation facility, and that the manufacturing of the hydrogen does not result in resource shuffling or use unbundled renewable energy credits, as specified. 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 this bill's 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. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-20
- Latest action
- 2026-06-29 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 35, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- McNerneyauthor
- Archuletaprincipal coauthor
- Valladaresprincipal coauthor
- Carrilloprincipal coauthor
- Caballerocoauthor
- Daviescoauthor
- Petrie-Norriscoauthor
- Dixoncoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-06-29
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2026-06-29
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 35, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-06-29
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
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2026-06-29
Approved by the Governor.
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2026-06-29
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
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2026-06-29
Unanimous consent granted to take up without reference to file.
2026-06-29
Urgency clause adopted.
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2026-06-29
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-06-29
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5077.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2026-06-29
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5914.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2026-06-25
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-06-24
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 24).
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2026-06-24
Coauthors revised.
2026-06-23
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-06-22
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 22).
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2026-06-22
Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
2026-06-15
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-11
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
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2026-06-08
Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
2026-06-04
Referred to Coms. on U. & E. and NAT. RES.
referral-committee
2026-05-27
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2026-05-27
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4502.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-05-19
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-18
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-05-18
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4274.) (May 14).
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2026-05-12
Set for hearing May 14.
2026-05-11
May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-05-04
Set for hearing May 11.
2026-04-28
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-04-27
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4010.) (April 22).
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2026-04-17
Set for hearing April 22.
2026-04-14
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 3842.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
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2026-04-13
Set for hearing April 13.
2026-04-06
April 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-03-25
Set for hearing April 7.
2026-03-04
Referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and E.Q.
referral-committee
2026-02-23
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2026-02-23
Read first time.
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2026-02-20
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Versions
- 02/20/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-20Compare
- 04/28/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-04-28Compare
- 05/18/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-05-18Compare
- 06/15/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-15Compare
- 06/23/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-23Compare
- 06/29/26 - Chaptered — 2026-06-29Compare
- 06/29/26 - Enrolled — 2026-06-29Compare
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality]
2026-04-13 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (17)
- Grove: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Stern: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Allen: yes
- Rubio: other
- Becker: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-22 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Dahle: yes
- Allen: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Valladares: yes
Placed on suspense file
2026-05-11 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
Do pass as amended
2026-05-14 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Wahab: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: other
- Seyarto: other
3rd Reading SB1350 McNerney et al.
2026-05-27 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Grove: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Allen: yes
- Dahle: other
- Grayson: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Limón: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Niello: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Pérez: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Becker: yes
- Jones: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Laird: yes
- Choi: yes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources]
2026-06-10 · pass · 18-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Boerner: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Chen: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Davies: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Ta: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Papan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-22 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (14)
- Zbur: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Alanis: yes
Do pass.
2026-06-24 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Wicks: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ta: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Fong: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Krell: yes
W/O REF. TO FILE (Urgency Clause)
2026-06-29 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Caballero: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Choi: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Limón: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Niello: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Grove: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Wahab: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Becker: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Jones: other
- Rubio: other
SB 1350 McNerney Third Reading Urgency By Carrillo
2026-06-29 · pass · 74-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Rivas: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Flora: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Ta: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ward: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Papan: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Haney: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Fong: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Chen: yes
- Soria: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Patel: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Addis: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Lee: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Hart: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Davies: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Lackey: other
- Bains: other
- Bennett: other
- Boerner: other
- Muratsuchi: other
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