CA SB 57
enactedElectrical corporations: data centers: report.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 57 pass?
Yes. CA SB 57 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-11): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 647, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA SB 57 about?
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. This bill would authorize the commission to assess the extent to which electrical corporation costs associated with new loads from data centers result in cost shifts to other electrical corporation customers, as provided. The bill would require the commission to submit an assessment completed pursuant to that authorization to the relevant policy committees of the Legislature and to publicly post a copy of the assessment on the commission's internet website on or before January 1, 2027.
Who sponsors CA SB 57?
Padilla is the primary sponsor of CA SB 57, joined by 2 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. This bill would authorize the commission to assess the extent to which electrical corporation costs associated with new loads from data centers result in cost shifts to other electrical corporation customers, as provided. The bill would require the commission to submit an assessment completed pursuant to that authorization to the relevant policy committees of the Legislature and to publicly post a copy of the assessment on the commission's internet website on or before January 1, 2027.
- Introduced
- 2025-01-08
- Latest action
- 2025-10-11 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 647, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Padillaauthor
- McNerneycoauthor
- Sterncoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2025-10-11
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 647, Statutes of 2025.
became-law
2025-10-11
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-09-23
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-09-13
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 3022.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-12
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-12
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 18. Page 3358.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-03
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-02
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (August 29).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-20
August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-07-14
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-07-10
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (July 9).
amendment-passage,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
2025-06-11
June 25 hearing postponed by committee.
2025-06-05
Referred to Com. on U. & E.
referral-committee
2025-05-28
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
reading-1
2025-05-28
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 9. Page 1308.) Ordered to the Assembly.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-23
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1189.) (May 23).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-16
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-04-28
April 28 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-17
Set for hearing April 28.
2025-04-10
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-04-09
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 3. Page 681.) (April 7).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
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
2025-03-24
Set for hearing April 7.
2025-03-05
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
2025-01-29
Referred to Com. on E., U & C.
referral-committee
2025-01-09
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 8.
2025-01-08
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Versions
- 01/08/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-08Compare
- 03/05/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-05Compare
- 03/26/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-26Compare
- 04/10/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-10Compare
- 06/30/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-30Compare
- 07/14/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-14Compare
- 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-02Compare
- 09/18/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-18Compare
- 10/11/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-11Compare
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Votes
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-07 · pass · 12-3
Member-level votes (17)
- Arreguín: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Limón: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Stern: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Becker: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Allen: yes
- Grove: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Dahle: no
- Caballero: other
- Strickland: other
Placed on suspense file
2025-04-28 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Seyarto: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Dahle: yes
Do pass
2025-05-23 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: other
- Seyarto: other
3rd Reading SB57 Padilla et al.
2025-05-28 · pass · 25-9
Member-level votes (40)
- McNerney: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Allen: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Laird: yes
- Becker: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Richardson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Stern: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Grove: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Niello: no
- Strickland: no
- Choi: no
- Seyarto: no
- Valladares: no
- Jones: no
- Limón: other
- Dahle: other
- Grayson: other
- Cortese: other
- Caballero: other
- Reyes: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-09 · pass · 13-4
Member-level votes (18)
- Kalra: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Hart: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Papan: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Patterson: no
- Wallis: no
- Davies: no
- Ta: no
- Chen: other
Do pass as amended.
2025-08-29 · pass · 10-4
Member-level votes (15)
- Elhawary: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Solache: yes
- Sanchez: no
- Ta: no
- Tangipa: no
- Dixon: no
- Pacheco: other
SB 57 Padilla Senate Third Reading By Hart
2025-09-12 · pass · 57-18
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
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: 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
- Bryan: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Dixon: no
- Hoover: no
- Hadwick: no
- Tangipa: no
- Lackey: no
- Wallis: no
- Macedo: no
- Alanis: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Sanchez: no
- Ta: no
- Chen: no
- Castillo: no
- Ellis: no
- Davies: no
- Flora: no
- Patterson: no
- DeMaio: no
- Johnson: other
- Michelle Rodriguez: other
- Jackson: other
- Carrillo: other
- Bains: other
Unfinished Business SB57 Padilla 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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