California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: To Executive

SB 626 — Electrical infrastructure: plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 355, Statutes of 2009.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, as defined. Existing law requires the PUC, in cooperation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , the State Air Resources Board (state board) , air quality management districts and air pollution control districts, electrical and gas corporations, and the motor vehicle industry, to evaluate and implement policies to promote the development of equipment and infrastructure needed to facilitate the use of electric power and natural gas to fuel low-emission vehicles. The PUC is required to ensure that the costs and expenses of any authorized programs are not passed through to electric or gas ratepayers unless the commission finds and determines that those programs are in the ratepayers' interest. Existing law requires the PUC to provide a progress report to the Legislature on its efforts to evaluate and implement the policies for the above-described purposes by January 30, 1993, and every 2 years thereafter. This bill would require the PUC, in consultation with the Energy Commission, the state board, electrical corporations, and the motor vehicle industry, to evaluate policies to develop infrastructure sufficient to overcome any barriers to the widespread deployment and use of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles and, by July 1, 2011, to adopt rules that address specified matter. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because the provisions of this bill are within the act and require action by the commission to implement its requirements, a violation of these provisions would impose a state-mandated local program by creating a new crime. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 355, Statutes of 2009.

  2. Approved by Governor.

  3. Enrolled. To Governor at 1 p.m.

  4. Senate concurs in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 33. Noes 6. Page 2287.) To enrollment.

  5. In Senate. To unfinished business.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2927.) To Senate.

  7. Read second time. To third reading.

  8. (Heard in committee on August 19.)

  9. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.)

  10. Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  11. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. (Heard in committee on June 29.)

  13. From committee: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.)

  14. To Com. on TRANS.

  15. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  16. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 1. Page 1092.) To Assembly.

  17. Read second time. Amended. To third reading.

  18. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 948.)

  19. Set for hearing May 18.

  20. From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 709.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  21. Set for hearing April 28.

  22. From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on T. & H. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 584.) Re-referred to Com. on T. & H.

  23. Set for hearing April 21.

  24. To Coms. on E., U. & C. and T. & H.

  25. Read first time.

  26. From print. May be acted upon on or after March 30.

  27. Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Kehoe · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 3 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Kehoe

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB626 Kehoe

Passed 34 Yea · 6 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 31601
Democratic 2000
Republican 1000
Total 34601
% of votes cast 83%15%0%2%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Harman — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Huff — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Runner — Nay
Hollingsworth — Nay
McLeod — Yea
Ashburn — Nay
Benoit — Not Voting
Denham — Nay
Dutton — Nay
Pavley — Yea
Romero — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wiggins — Yea
Wright — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Price — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Florez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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SB 626 Kehoe Senate Third Reading By MILLER

Passed 69 Yea · 18 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 641704
Democratic 3000
Republican 2100
Total 691804
% of votes cast 76%20%0%4%
How each member voted (91)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Not Voting
Carter — Yea
Eng — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cook — Yea
Bill — Yea
Evans — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Charles — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huffman — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Beall — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Ma — Yea
Miller — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Audra — Yea
Tom — Nay
Yamada — Yea
Garrick — Nay
Gilmore — Nay
Hagman — Nay
DeVore — Nay
Duvall — Not Voting
Jeffries — Nay
Knight — Nay
Logue — Nay
Nestande — Nay
Anderson — Nay
Ruskin — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Smyth — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Tran — Yea
Villines — Not Voting
Adams — Nay
Bass — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Not Voting
Harkey — Nay
Hayashi — Yea
Huber — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nava — Yea
Silva — Nay
Torlakson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Coto — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Davis — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Nay
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 20 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 18101
Democratic 1000
Republican 1000
Total 20101
% of votes cast 91%5%0%5%
How each member voted (22)
Member Party Vote
Conway — Yea
Charles — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Hall — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Audra — Yea
Hill — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Duvall — Not Voting
Solorio — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Miller — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Coto — Yea
Davis — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 13 Yea · 2 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13102
Republican 0100
Total 13202
% of votes cast 76%12%0%12%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Conway — Yea
Jeffries — Nay
Miller — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Solorio — Not Voting
Eng — Yea
Garrick — Not Voting
Niello, Roger W. Republican Nay

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Senate 3rd Reading SB626 Kehoe

Passed 31 Yea · 1 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 28108
Democratic 2000
Republican 1000
Total 31108
% of votes cast 78%3%0%20%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Not Voting
Cogdill — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Florez — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Harman — Yea
Leno — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Runner — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Cedillo — Not Voting
Hollingsworth — Nay
McLeod — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Ducheny — Not Voting
Pavley — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Ashburn — Not Voting
Benoit — Not Voting
Dutton — Not Voting
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Huff — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Liu — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Romero — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Wright — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11002
Total 11002
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Runner — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Oropeza — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Yea

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Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 9 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 1000
Unaffiliated 8101
Total 9101
% of votes cast 82%9%0%9%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Hollingsworth — Nay
Huff — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Oropeza — Not Voting
Harman — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Wolk — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Transportation and Housing.

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 3000
Republican 1000
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 11000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Corbett — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Wright — Yea
Cox — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 626 do?
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, as defined. Existing law requires the PUC, in cooperation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , the State Air Resources Board (state board) , air quality management districts and air pollution control districts, electrical and gas corporations, and the motor vehicle industry, to evaluate and implement policies to promote the development of equipment and infrastructure needed to facilitate the use of electric power and natural gas to fuel low-emission vehicles. The PUC is required to ensure that the costs and expenses of any authorized programs are not passed through to electric or gas ratepayers unless the commission finds and determines that those programs are in the ratepayers' interest. Existing law requires the PUC to provide a progress report to the Legislature on its efforts to evaluate and implement the policies for the above-described purposes by January 30, 1993, and every 2 years thereafter. This bill would require the PUC, in consultation with the Energy Commission, the state board, electrical corporations, and the motor vehicle industry, to evaluate policies to develop infrastructure sufficient to overcome any barriers to the widespread deployment and use of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles and, by July 1, 2011, to adopt rules that address specified matter. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because the provisions of this bill are within the act and require action by the commission to implement its requirements, a violation of these provisions would impose a state-mandated local program by creating a new crime. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors SB 626?
SB 626 is sponsored by Kehoe.
What is the current status of SB 626?
This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 626?
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