California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly

AB 2271 — Electricity: research programs: peer review.

Last action — In committee: Held under submission.

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

This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Existing law provides the Public Utilities Commission with broad authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the commission to convene, or continue, until August 26, 2025, an independent peer review panel to conduct an independent review of enhanced seismic studies and surveys of a certain nuclear powerplant. This bill would require the commission to establish a procedure for an independent peer review of certain research programs proposed by an electrical corporation for approval by the commission. The bill would require the independent peer review of a proposed research program to be conducted upon the commission's receipt of the proposed program. The bill would require the commission to make available to the public on its Internet Web site the results of the review upon approval of the program.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. In committee: Held under submission.

  2. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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

  4. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 27).

  5. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

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

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

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

  9. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5032.)

  10. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  11. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 27).

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

  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

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

  16. Referred to Com. on U. & C.

  17. From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.

  18. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Quirk · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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

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

Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Lara — Yea
Hill — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea

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Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 6 Yea · 2 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5203
Democratic 1000
Total 6203
% of votes cast 55%18%0%27%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Pavley — Not Voting
Wolk — Not Voting
Hertzberg — Not Voting
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea

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AB 2271 QUIRK Assembly Third Reading

Passed 80 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 70000
Democratic 5000
Republican 5000
Total 80000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Holden — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Williams — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Salas — Yea
Brown — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Weber — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Campos — Yea
Harper — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Gray — Yea
Kim — Yea
Levine — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Low — Yea
Lopez — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Chang — Yea
Medina — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 20 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 16000
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 20000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (20)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Holden — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Chang — Yea
Daly — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13001
Republican 1000
Total 14001
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Quirk — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Not Voting
Williams — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2271 do?
Existing law provides the Public Utilities Commission with broad authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the commission to convene, or continue, until August 26, 2025, an independent peer review panel to conduct an independent review of enhanced seismic studies and surveys of a certain nuclear powerplant. This bill would require the commission to establish a procedure for an independent peer review of certain research programs proposed by an electrical corporation for approval by the commission. The bill would require the independent peer review of a proposed research program to be conducted upon the commission's receipt of the proposed program. The bill would require the commission to make available to the public on its Internet Web site the results of the review upon approval of the program.
Who sponsors AB 2271?
AB 2271 is sponsored by Quirk.
What is the current status of AB 2271?
This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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 AB 2271?
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