CA SB 500
enactedEnergy: usage data.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 500 pass?
Yes. CA SB 500 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 765, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA SB 500 about?
Existing law requires each utility, on and after January 1, 2017, to, upon the request and authorization of the owner, owner's agent, or operator of a covered building, as defined, deliver or otherwise provide aggregated energy usage data for a covered building to the owner, owner's agent, or building operator, or to the owner's account in the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, as specified. This bill would authorize a utility to satisfy that requirement by delivering or otherwise providing aggregated energy usage data to the owner's account in any alternative system or tool approved by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.
Who sponsors CA SB 500?
Stern is the primary sponsor of CA SB 500.
Description
Existing law requires each utility, on and after January 1, 2017, to, upon the request and authorization of the owner, owner's agent, or operator of a covered building, as defined, deliver or otherwise provide aggregated energy usage data for a covered building to the owner, owner's agent, or building operator, or to the owner's account in the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, as specified. This bill would authorize a utility to satisfy that requirement by delivering or otherwise providing aggregated energy usage data to the owner's account in any alternative system or tool approved by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-19
- Latest action
- 2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 765, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Sternauthor
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Action timeline
Newest first
2025-10-13
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 765, Statutes of 2025.
became-law
2025-10-13
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-09-23
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-09-12
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2961.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-11
From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 2939.)
committee-passage
2025-09-11
From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E., U & C. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2851.) Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.
committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-09-11
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).
referral-committee
2025-09-10
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-10
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3176.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-20
August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-07-10
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-06-30
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-06-23
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-06-16
Referred to Com. on U. & E.
referral-committee
2025-06-05
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
reading-1
2025-06-04
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 1504.) Ordered to the Assembly.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1202.) (May 23).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-20
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-19
May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-09
Set for hearing May 19.
2025-05-06
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-05-05
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 3. Page 935.) (April 29).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-04-11
Set for hearing April 29.
2025-03-26
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-02-26
Referred to Com. on E., U & C.
referral-committee
2025-02-20
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2025-02-19
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Versions
- 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
- 03/26/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-26Compare
- 05/06/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-06Compare
- 05/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-23Compare
- 06/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-23Compare
- 06/30/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-30Compare
- 09/17/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-17Compare
- 10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
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Votes
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-29 · pass · 13-3
Member-level votes (17)
- Limón: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Allen: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Becker: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Dahle: no
- Strickland: no
- Grove: other
Placed on suspense file
2025-05-19 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cabaldon: other
- Dahle: other
Do pass as amended
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
2025-06-04 · pass · 29-10
Member-level votes (40)
- Durazo: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Limón: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Laird: yes
- Jones: no
- Valladares: no
- Strickland: no
- Seyarto: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Choi: no
- Dahle: no
- Niello: no
- Grove: no
- Reyes: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-07-09 · pass · 18-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Kalra: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Hart: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Papan: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Ta: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Chen: yes
- Davies: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Wallis: yes
Do pass.
2025-08-29 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Ta: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Solache: yes
SB 500 Stern Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris
2025-09-10 · pass · 79-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Addis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bains: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lee: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Tangipa: other
That the Assembly amendments be concurred in
2025-09-11 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (17)
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Becker: yes
- Limón: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Hurtado: other
- Rubio: other
- Allen: other
- Grove: other
- Dahle: other
Unfinished Business SB500 Stern Concurrence
2025-09-12 · pass · 34-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Allen: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Jones: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Laird: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Stern: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Seyarto: other
- Niello: other
- Choi: other
- Grove: other
- Dahle: other
- Gonzalez: other
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