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CA SB 57

enacted

Electrical corporations: data centers: report.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 57 pass?

Yes. CA SB 57 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-11. 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

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

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

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  2. 2025-01-09

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 8.

  3. 2025-01-29

    Referred to Com. on E., U & C.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-05

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

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  5. 2025-03-24

    Set for hearing April 7.

  6. 2025-03-26

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

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  7. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 3. Page 681.) (April 7).

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  8. 2025-04-10

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

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  9. 2025-04-17

    Set for hearing April 28.

  10. 2025-04-28

    April 28 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  11. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  12. 2025-05-23

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  13. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1189.) (May 23).

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  14. 2025-05-28

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 9. Page 1308.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  15. 2025-05-28

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  16. 2025-06-05

    Referred to Com. on U. & E.

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  17. 2025-06-11

    June 25 hearing postponed by committee.

  18. 2025-06-30

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

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  19. 2025-07-10

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (July 9).

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  20. 2025-07-14

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

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  21. 2025-08-20

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

  22. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (August 29).

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  23. 2025-09-02

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  24. 2025-09-03

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  25. 2025-09-12

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 18. Page 3358.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  26. 2025-09-12

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  27. 2025-09-13

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 3022.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  28. 2025-09-23

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

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  29. 2025-10-11

    Approved by the Governor.

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  30. 2025-10-11

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 647, Statutes of 2025.

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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
  • SB57Compare
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Documents

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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