California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 2137 — Energy efficiency programs: information available for small businesses.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 290, Statutes of 2014.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 20, 2014. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law creates the Office of Small Business Advocate within the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development. Existing law establishes the duties and functions of the advocate, which include advisory participation in the consideration of all legislation and administrative regulations that affect small businesses. Existing law also requires the office to post specified information on its Internet Web site, including information about emergency preparedness, responses, and recovery strategies for small businesses and information regarding programs administered through the statewide network of small business financial development corporations. This bill would require the office to include a link to the Energy Upgrade California Internet Web site on the homepage of its Internet Web site. Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, as defined. The Public Utilities Act requires the Public Utilities Commission to review and accept, modify, or reject a procurement plan for each electrical corporation in accordance with specified elements, incentive mechanisms, and objectives. The act requires that an electrical corporation's proposed procurement plan include certain elements, including a showing that the electrical corporation will first meet its unmet needs through all available energy efficiency and demand reduction resources that are cost effective, reliable, and feasible. Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to identify all potentially achievable cost-effective electricity efficiency savings and to establish efficiency targets for electrical corporations to achieve pursuant to their procurement plan. The Public Utilities Act additionally requires the Public Utilities Commission, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to identify all potentially achievable cost-effective natural gas efficiency savings and to establish efficiency targets for gas corporations to achieve and requires that a gas corporation first meet its unmet resource needs through all available gas efficiency and demand reduction resources that are cost effective, reliable, and feasible. Under their existing authorities, the Public Utilities Commission and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in collaborating with various entities, have developed the Energy Upgrade California program to promote and finance energy efficiency and renewable energy projects for homes and businesses, reduce energy use, and help train contractors and building professionals. This bill would require the Public Utilities Commission to ensure that the Internet Web site for the Energy Upgrade California program be revised to include information related to demand-side management programs for small business customers.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 290, Statutes of 2014.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5951.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4373.).

  7. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  8. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended.

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

  10. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 17).

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

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

  13. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5202.)

  14. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  15. From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 21).

  16. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  17. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.

  18. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  19. Read second time and amended.

  20. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 28).

  21. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4633.)

  22. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C.

  23. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended.

  24. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  25. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C.

  26. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended.

  27. Referred to Coms. on U. & C. and NAT. RES.

  28. From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  29. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Quirk · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Quirk

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 2137 QUIRK Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 72000
Republican 3000
Democratic 4000
Total 79000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Linder — Yea
Logue — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Williams — Yea
Daly — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Campos — Yea
Allen — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Mansoor — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Levine — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Gray — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Pan — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Fong — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Fox — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading AB2137 Quirk By Fuller

Passed 34 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 32005
Democratic 2001
Total 34006
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Block — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lara — Yea
Torres — Yea
Wolk — Not Voting
Wright — Not Voting
Cannella — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Hancock — Not Voting
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Correa — Yea
Beall — Yea
Knight — Yea
Leno — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pavley — Not Voting
Roth — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Evans — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Yee — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

AB 2137 QUIRK Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 71001
Democratic 3001
Republican 3000
Total 77002
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Linder — Yea
Logue — Yea
Mansoor — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Williams — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Chau — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Allen — Yea
Conway — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Holden — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Gray — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Pan — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Fong — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Fox — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Jim Patterson — Not Voting
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, to Consent Calendar.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15000
Republican 1000
Democratic 1000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Holden — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Linder — Yea
Campos — Yea
Pan — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Weber — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

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

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11002
Republican 1001
Total 12003
% of votes cast 80%0%0%20%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Bradford — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Skinner — Not Voting
Fong — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Chávez — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2137 do?
Existing law creates the Office of Small Business Advocate within the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development. Existing law establishes the duties and functions of the advocate, which include advisory participation in the consideration of all legislation and administrative regulations that affect small businesses. Existing law also requires the office to post specified information on its Internet Web site, including information about emergency preparedness, responses, and recovery strategies for small businesses and information regarding programs administered through the statewide network of small business financial development corporations. This bill would require the office to include a link to the Energy Upgrade California Internet Web site on the homepage of its Internet Web site. Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, as defined. The Public Utilities Act requires the Public Utilities Commission to review and accept, modify, or reject a procurement plan for each electrical corporation in accordance with specified elements, incentive mechanisms, and objectives. The act requires that an electrical corporation's proposed procurement plan include certain elements, including a showing that the electrical corporation will first meet its unmet needs through all available energy efficiency and demand reduction resources that are cost effective, reliable, and feasible. Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to identify all potentially achievable cost-effective electricity efficiency savings and to establish efficiency targets for electrical corporations to achieve pursuant to their procurement plan. The Public Utilities Act additionally requires the Public Utilities Commission, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to identify all potentially achievable cost-effective natural gas efficiency savings and to establish efficiency targets for gas corporations to achieve and requires that a gas corporation first meet its unmet resource needs through all available gas efficiency and demand reduction resources that are cost effective, reliable, and feasible. Under their existing authorities, the Public Utilities Commission and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in collaborating with various entities, have developed the Energy Upgrade California program to promote and finance energy efficiency and renewable energy projects for homes and businesses, reduce energy use, and help train contractors and building professionals. This bill would require the Public Utilities Commission to ensure that the Internet Web site for the Energy Upgrade California program be revised to include information related to demand-side management programs for small business customers.
Who sponsors AB 2137?
AB 2137 is sponsored by Quirk.
What is the current status of AB 2137?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 20, 2014. Enacted.
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