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CA SB 541

vetoed

Electricity: load shifting.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did CA SB 541 pass?

No. CA SB 541 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-03-02): Veto sustained.

What is CA SB 541 about?

Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , in consultation with the specified entities, to adopt a biennial integrated energy policy report containing certain information in a specified format. Existing law requires the Energy Commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission and the Independent System Operator, to adopt a goal for load shifting to reduce net peak electrical demand and adjust this target in each biennial integrated energy policy report thereafter. This bill would require the Energy Commission, in consultation with specified entities, to analyze the cost-effectiveness of specific load flexibility programs and other types of load-shifting interventions and identify both the approximate amount of load shifting and the cost-effectiveness of each type of load-shifting intervention in the next update to the biennial integrated energy policy report after January 1, 2027, as provided. The bill would require the Energy Commission, as part of each integrated energy policy report, to estimate each retail supplier's load-shifting potential, giving consideration to certain factors, as specified. The bill would require the Energy Commission, on or before July 1, 2028, and biennially thereafter, to analyze and publish the amount of load shifting that each retail supplier achieved in the prior calendar year.

Who sponsors CA SB 541?

Becker is the primary sponsor of CA SB 541, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , in consultation with the specified entities, to adopt a biennial integrated energy policy report containing certain information in a specified format. Existing law requires the Energy Commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission and the Independent System Operator, to adopt a goal for load shifting to reduce net peak electrical demand and adjust this target in each biennial integrated energy policy report thereafter. This bill would require the Energy Commission, in consultation with specified entities, to analyze the cost-effectiveness of specific load flexibility programs and other types of load-shifting interventions and identify both the approximate amount of load shifting and the cost-effectiveness of each type of load-shifting intervention in the next update to the biennial integrated energy policy report after January 1, 2027, as provided. The bill would require the Energy Commission, as part of each integrated energy policy report, to estimate each retail supplier's load-shifting potential, giving consideration to certain factors, as specified. The bill would require the Energy Commission, on or before July 1, 2028, and biennially thereafter, to analyze and publish the amount of load shifting that each retail supplier achieved in the prior calendar year.

Introduced
2025-02-20
Latest action
2026-03-02 — Veto sustained.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Beckerauthor
  • Sterncoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-02

    Veto sustained.

  2. 2026-03-02

    Stricken from file.

  3. 2025-10-03

    In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  4. 2025-10-03

    Vetoed by the Governor.

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  5. 2025-09-23

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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  6. 2025-09-13

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  7. 2025-09-13

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 3036.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  8. 2025-09-12

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 3415.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  9. 2025-09-05

    Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2025-09-05

    Read third time and amended.

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  11. 2025-09-03

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2025-09-02

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  13. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 29).

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  14. 2025-08-20

    August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  15. 2025-07-17

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (July 16).

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  16. 2025-07-17

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  17. 2025-07-17

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 15. Page 2578.)

  18. 2025-07-08

    July 9 hearing postponed by committee.

  19. 2025-06-26

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.

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  20. 2025-06-09

    Referred to Com. on U. & E.

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  21. 2025-06-04

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  22. 2025-06-03

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 1447.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  23. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  24. 2025-05-23

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  25. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1203.) (May 23).

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  26. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  27. 2025-05-12

    May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  28. 2025-05-02

    Set for hearing May 12.

  29. 2025-04-29

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  30. 2025-04-28

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 4. Page 810.) (April 21).

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  31. 2025-04-10

    Set for hearing April 21.

  32. 2025-04-02

    Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.

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  33. 2025-03-24

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

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  34. 2025-03-05

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

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  35. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

  36. 2025-02-20

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 04/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-29Compare
  • 05/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-23Compare
  • 06/26/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-26Compare
  • 07/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-17Compare
  • 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-02Compare
  • 09/05/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-05Compare
  • 09/17/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-17Compare
  • SB541Compare
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Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    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

    2025-05-12 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Caballero: yes

  • 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 SB541 Becker et al.

    2025-06-03 · pass · 27-10

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Valladares: no
    • Choi: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Niello: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Grove: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Jones: no
    • Richardson: other
    • Reyes: other
    • Hurtado: other

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-16 · pass · 13-2

    Member-level votes (18)
    • Irwin: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Davies: no
    • Ta: no
    • Patterson: other
    • Chen: other
    • Wallis: other

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-08-29 · pass · 11-4

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Sanchez: no
    • Ta: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Dixon: no

  • SB 541 Becker Senate Third Reading By Schultz

    2025-09-13 · pass · 57-15

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: 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
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Alanis: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Ta: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Davies: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Lackey: other
    • Ramos: other
    • Wallis: other
    • Bains: other
    • Ransom: other
    • Chen: other
    • Flora: other
    • Patterson: other

  • Unfinished Business SB541 Becker et al. Concurrence

    2025-09-13 · pass · 29-8

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Niello: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Jones: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Grove: no
    • Gonzalez: other
    • Valladares: other
    • Choi: other

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