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California 20252026

AB 2124

Electricity and natural gas: legislation imposing mandated programs and requirements: third-party review.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Electricityandnaturalgas, legislationimposingmandatedprogramsandrequirements, third-partyreview
Introduced / first action
2026-02-18 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations. Existing law finds and declares that the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) was organized as a nonprofit corporation at the request of the Legislature for the specific purpose of offering expert advice to the state government on public policy issues significantly related to science and technology. Existing law requests the CCST, every 3 years, to assess the infrastructure project types, scale, and pace necessary to achieve the state's energy, climate change, and air quality goals, as specified. This bill would require the CCST to establish, on or before March 1, 2027, upon appropriation by the Legislature, a program to, upon request of the Legislature, analyze legislation that would establish a mandated requirement or program, as defined, or otherwise affect electrical corporation or gas corporation ratepayers, as specified. The bill would require the analysis to include, among other things, whether the legislation will increase electricity or natural gas utility rates, and if so, would require an assessment of specified financial impacts. The bill would require the CCST to develop and implement conflict-of-interest provisions to prohibit a person from participating in an analysis for which the person knows or has reasons to know that the person has a material financial interest. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2032.

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Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  2. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0.).

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  3. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 6.).

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  5. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  6. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  7. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  8. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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

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  10. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 30).

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

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  12. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  13. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5222.)

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  14. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  15. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

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  16. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  17. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  18. Read second time and amended.

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  19. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 8).

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  20. Referred to Com. on U. & E.

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  21. From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  22. Read first time. To print.

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