CA SB 24
vetoedPublic utilities: review of accounts: electrical and gas corporations: rates: political influence activities.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 24 pass?
No. CA SB 24 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-03-02): Veto sustained.
What is CA SB 24 about?
Existing law authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to fix the rates and charges for public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, and requires those rates and charges to be just and reasonable. Under existing law, a regulated public utility is prohibited from using ratepayer funds for advocacy-related activities that are political or do not otherwise benefit ratepayers. This bill would prohibit, except as provided, each electrical corporation or gas corporation from recording to accounts that contain expenses that the electrical corporation or gas corporation recovers from ratepayers, or otherwise recovering from ratepayers, direct or indirect costs of opposing the municipalization of electrical or gas service, as specified. The bill would require the commission to monitor and investigate compliance and noncompliance with the prohibition. Existing law authorizes the commission, each commissioner, and each officer and person employed by the commission to inspect the accounts, books, papers, and documents of any public utility. This bill would specify that the Public Advocate's Office of the Public Utilities Commission has the same authority to discover information and review the accounts of a public utility as the commission. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because the above-described provisions would be part of the act and a violation of a commission action implementing the bill's requirements 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 SB 24?
McNerney is the primary sponsor of CA SB 24, joined by 4 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to fix the rates and charges for public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, and requires those rates and charges to be just and reasonable. Under existing law, a regulated public utility is prohibited from using ratepayer funds for advocacy-related activities that are political or do not otherwise benefit ratepayers. This bill would prohibit, except as provided, each electrical corporation or gas corporation from recording to accounts that contain expenses that the electrical corporation or gas corporation recovers from ratepayers, or otherwise recovering from ratepayers, direct or indirect costs of opposing the municipalization of electrical or gas service, as specified. The bill would require the commission to monitor and investigate compliance and noncompliance with the prohibition. Existing law authorizes the commission, each commissioner, and each officer and person employed by the commission to inspect the accounts, books, papers, and documents of any public utility. This bill would specify that the Public Advocate's Office of the Public Utilities Commission has the same authority to discover information and review the accounts of a public utility as the commission. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because the above-described provisions would be part of the act and a violation of a commission action implementing the bill's requirements 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
- 2024-12-02
- Latest action
- 2026-03-02 — Veto sustained.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- McNerneyauthor
- Bermanprincipal coauthor
- Richardsoncoauthor
- Wienercoauthor
- Ortegacoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-02
Stricken from file.
2026-03-02
Veto sustained.
2025-10-11
In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2025-10-11
Vetoed by the Governor.
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2025-09-23
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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2025-09-12
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 2965.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-09-12
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-11
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 46. Noes 9. Page 3282.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-09-05
Read third time and amended.
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2025-09-05
Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-05
Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
2025-09-03
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-02
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (August 29).
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2025-08-20
August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-06-27
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-06-26
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (June 25).
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2025-06-17
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
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2025-06-09
Referred to Com. on U. & E.
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2025-06-03
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-02
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1360.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-05-23
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1187.) (May 23).
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2025-05-16
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-05
May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-25
Set for hearing May 5.
2025-04-23
Withdrawn from committee.
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2025-04-23
April 29 hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-23
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-22
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2025-04-22
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 4. Page 809.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2025-04-11
Set for hearing April 29 in JUD. pending receipt.
2025-04-10
Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-02
Re-referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and JUD.
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2025-03-25
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-01-29
Referred to Com. on RLS.
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2024-12-03
From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 2.
2024-12-02
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Versions
- 12/02/24 - Introduced — 2024-12-02Compare
- 03/25/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-25Compare
- 04/22/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-22Compare
- 06/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-17Compare
- 06/27/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-27Compare
- 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-02Compare
- 09/05/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-05Compare
- 09/17/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-17Compare
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2025-04-21 · pass · 13-4
Member-level votes (17)
- Becker: yes
- Allen: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Limón: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Grove: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Dahle: no
- Strickland: no
Placed on suspense file
2025-05-05 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wahab: yes
Do pass
2025-05-23 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (7)
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Dahle: other
3rd Reading
2025-06-02 · pass · 28-10
Member-level votes (40)
- Menjivar: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Becker: yes
- Laird: yes
- Durazo: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Limón: yes
- Allen: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Stern: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Niello: no
- Seyarto: no
- Valladares: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Grove: no
- Dahle: no
- Strickland: no
- Choi: no
- Jones: no
- Hurtado: other
- Reyes: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-06-25 · pass · 11-1
Member-level votes (18)
- Harabedian: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Papan: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Hart: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Davies: no
- Calderon: other
- Patterson: other
- Ta: other
- Chen: other
- Wallis: other
- Zbur: other
Do pass as amended.
2025-08-29 · pass · 9-1
Member-level votes (15)
- Elhawary: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Solache: yes
- Tangipa: no
- Ta: other
- Pacheco: other
- Calderon: other
- Dixon: other
- Sanchez: other
SB 24 McNerney Senate Third Reading By Berman
2025-09-11 · pass · 46-9
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Dixon: no
- Hadwick: no
- Tangipa: no
- Macedo: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Chen: no
- Ellis: no
- Davies: no
- DeMaio: no
- Johnson: other
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Gipson: other
- Calderon: other
- Soria: other
- Michelle Rodriguez: other
- Valencia: other
- Pacheco: other
- Castillo: other
- Alanis: other
- Wallis: other
- Patterson: other
- Ta: other
- Hoover: other
- Nguyen: other
- Solache: other
- Blanca Rubio: other
- Gallagher: other
- Zbur: other
- McKinnor: other
- Lackey: other
- Ramos: other
- Patel: other
- Sanchez: other
- Flora: other
Unfinished Business SB24 McNerney et al. Concurrence
2025-09-12 · pass · 29-9
Member-level votes (40)
- McGuire: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Allen: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Strickland: no
- Seyarto: no
- Niello: no
- Valladares: no
- Jones: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Grove: no
- Dahle: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Choi: other
- Gonzalez: other
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