SB 423 is sponsored by Stern, Henry I. (Democratic) and Becker, Josh (Democratic).

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California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted 2 D cosponsors

SB 423 — Energy: firm zero-carbon resources.

Last action September 23, 2021 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 243, Statutes of 2021.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 12, 2021. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

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2 sponsors

1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 D).
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Passed 10 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to biennially adopt an integrated energy policy report that includes an overview of major energy trends and issues facing the state and an assessment and forecast of system reliability and the need for resource additions, efficiency, and conservation that considers all aspects of energy industries and markets that are essential for the state economy, general welfare, public health and safety, energy diversity, and protection of the environment. This bill would require the Energy Commission to timely incorporate into its integrated energy policy reports electrical resources that can individually, or in combination, deliver electricity with high availability for the expected duration of multiday extreme or atypical weather events and facilitate integration of eligible renewable energy resources into the electrical grid and the transition to a zero-carbon electrical grid, referred to as "firm zero-carbon resources." This bill would require the Energy Commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, Independent System Operator, and State Air Resources Board, on or before December 31, 2023, to submit to the Legislature an assessment of the firm zero-carbon resources that support a clean, reliable, and resilient electrical grid in California and will achieve the policy of the state that eligible renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources supply 100% of all retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers and 100% of electricity procured to serve all state agencies by December 31, 2045, as specified.

Bill Text

Chaptered 09/23/21 - Chaptered Current pdf September 23, 2021
Enrolled 09/14/21 - Enrolled pdf September 14, 2021
Amended 09/07/21 - Amended Assembly pdf September 07, 2021
Amended 08/30/21 - Amended Assembly pdf August 30, 2021
Amended 07/13/21 - Amended Assembly pdf July 13, 2021
Amended 07/01/21 - Amended Assembly pdf July 01, 2021
Amended 05/20/21 - Amended Senate pdf May 20, 2021
Amended 04/28/21 - Amended Senate pdf April 28, 2021
Amended 04/19/21 - Amended Senate pdf April 19, 2021
Introduced 02/12/21 - Introduced pdf February 12, 2021
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Action History

September 23, 2021
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 243, Statutes of 2021.
September 23, 2021
Approved by the Governor.
September 17, 2021
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
September 10, 2021
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 2637.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
September 10, 2021
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
September 10, 2021
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3138.) Ordered to the Senate.
September 07, 2021
Ordered to third reading.
September 07, 2021
Read third time and amended.
September 07, 2021
Assembly Rule 69(e) suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 19. Page 2850.)
August 31, 2021
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 30, 2021
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
August 26, 2021
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 26).
August 19, 2021
August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
July 13, 2021
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
July 12, 2021
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 7).
July 01, 2021
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
June 30, 2021
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 30).
June 28, 2021
Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
June 10, 2021
Referred to Coms. on U. & E. and NAT. RES.
June 02, 2021
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
June 01, 2021
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 1337.) Ordered to the Assembly.
May 24, 2021
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
May 20, 2021
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
May 20, 2021
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1191.) (May 20).
May 18, 2021
Set for hearing May 20.
May 17, 2021
May 17 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
May 07, 2021
Set for hearing May 17.
April 28, 2021
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
April 27, 2021
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 917.) (April 26).
April 20, 2021
Set for hearing April 26.
April 19, 2021
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
April 15, 2021
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 10. Noes 3. Page 756.) (April 12).
March 23, 2021
Set for hearing April 12.
February 25, 2021
Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and E.Q.
February 22, 2021
Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
February 22, 2021
(Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
February 22, 2021
Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
February 16, 2021
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
February 12, 2021
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Stern, Henry I. Democratic

Co-sponsors (1)

Becker, Josh Democratic

Not signed on (120)

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Votes

SB 423 Stern Senate Third Reading By Muratsuchi

September 11, 2021

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	27	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	42	0	0	2
Republican	8	0	0	1
Total	77	0	0	3
% of votes cast	96%	0%	0%	4%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Bloom	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Smith	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Voepel	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Kiley	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Chiu	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Villapudua	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Burke	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Frazier	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Not Voting
Lorena Gonzalez	—	Not Voting
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Not Voting
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Yea

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September 10, 2021

Passed 29 Yea · 7 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	11	0	0	2
Republican	1	3	0	0
Unaffiliated	17	4	0	2
Total	29	7	0	4
% of votes cast	73%	18%	0%	10%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Wilk	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Borgeas	—	Nay
Melendez	—	Nay
Nielsen	—	Nay
Bates	—	Nay
Gonzalez	—	Not Voting
Eggman	—	Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Not Voting
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Not Voting
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Nay
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Nay
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Nay
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea

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Do pass as amended.

August 26, 2021

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	6	0	0	2
Democratic	6	0	0	0
Republican	0	0	0	2
Total	12	0	0	4
% of votes cast	75%	0%	0%	25%

How each member voted (16)

Member	Party	Vote
Levine	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Lorena Gonzalez	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Not Voting
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Not Voting
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Not Voting

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

July 07, 2021

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	7	0	0	1
Republican	2	0	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Total	10	0	0	1
% of votes cast	91%	0%	0%	9%

How each member voted (11)

Member	Party	Vote
McCarty	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Not Voting
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea

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Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources]

June 30, 2021

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	8	0	0	0
Democratic	5	0	0	0
Republican	0	0	0	2
Total	13	0	0	2
% of votes cast	87%	0%	0%	13%

How each member voted (15)

Member	Party	Vote
Holden	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Burke	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Not Voting
Patterson, Joe	Republican	Not Voting

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3rd Reading

June 01, 2021

Passed 31 Yea · 9 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	13	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	18	5	0	0
Republican	0	4	0	0
Total	31	9	0	0
% of votes cast	78%	23%	0%	0%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Leyva	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Borgeas	—	Nay
Bates	—	Nay
Nielsen	—	Nay
Wilk	—	Nay
Melendez	—	Nay
Glazer	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Nay
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Nay
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Nay
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Nay

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Do pass as amended

May 20, 2021

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	4	1	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Republican	0	1	0	0
Total	5	2	0	0
% of votes cast	71%	29%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Bates	—	Nay
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Nay

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Placed on suspense file

May 17, 2021

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	5	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Bates	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

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

April 26, 2021

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	3	1	0	0
Republican	0	1	0	0
Total	5	2	0	0
% of votes cast	71%	29%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Bates	—	Nay
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Nay

Official roll call →

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

April 12, 2021

Passed 10 Yea · 3 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	7	1	0	1
Democratic	3	0	0	0
Republican	0	2	0	0
Total	10	3	0	1
% of votes cast	71%	21%	0%	7%

How each member voted (14)

Member	Party	Vote
Borgeas	—	Nay
Rubio	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Not Voting
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Nay
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Nay

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Subjects

energy

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 423 do?: Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to biennially adopt an integrated energy policy report that includes an overview of major energy trends and issues facing the state and an assessment and forecast of system reliability and the need for resource additions, efficiency, and conservation that considers all aspects of energy industries and markets that are essential for the state economy, general welfare, public health and safety, energy diversity, and protection of the environment. This bill would require the Energy Commission to timely incorporate into its integrated energy policy reports electrical resources that can individually, or in combination, deliver electricity with high availability for the expected duration of multiday extreme or atypical weather events and facilitate integration of eligible renewable energy resources into the electrical grid and the transition to a zero-carbon electrical grid, referred to as "firm zero-carbon resources." This bill would require the Energy Commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, Independent System Operator, and State Air Resources Board, on or before December 31, 2023, to submit to the Legislature an assessment of the firm zero-carbon resources that support a clean, reliable, and resilient electrical grid in California and will achieve the policy of the state that eligible renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources supply 100% of all retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers and 100% of electricity procured to serve all state agencies by December 31, 2045, as specified.
Who sponsors SB 423?: SB 423 is sponsored by Stern, Henry I. (Democratic) and Becker, Josh (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 423?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 12, 2021. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: SB 423
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2021-2022 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 12, 2021
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Stern, Henry I.

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