California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly 1 D cosponsors

AB 2715 — Agricultural Working Poor Energy Efficient Housing Program.

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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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 establishes the Department of Community Services and Development and requires the department to administer, among other things, the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Existing law requires the department to develop and administer the Energy Efficiency Low-Income Weatherization Program and to expend moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of the program. This bill would require the department to develop and administer the Agricultural Working Poor Energy Efficient Housing Program and to expend moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of the program to improve energy efficiency in farmworker-owned housing. The bill would require the department to report to the Legislature on the program with respect to balances and expenditures, households reached, demographics of the households reached, measures funded, and energy savings. Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to supervise certain low-income targeted energy efficiency programs administered by electrical corporations, gas corporations, or 3rd-party administrators, and requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to undertake various activities and administer various programs to promote energy efficiency. This bill would require the department, in developing the Agricultural Working Poor Energy Efficient Housing Program, to consult with the PUC and the Energy Commission in order to ensure compatibility with the state's energy policies and goals and to avoid duplication of the energy efficiency programs supervised by those commissions.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. In committee: Held under submission.

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

  3. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  4. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H.

  5. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on T. & H. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 13).

  6. Referred to Coms. on E., U., & C. and T. & H.

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

  8. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5118.)

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  11. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 27).

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

  13. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

  15. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  16. Read second time and amended.

  17. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 18).

  18. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

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

  20. Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  21. Read first time.

  22. From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  23. Introduced. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 116 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (116)

116 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
Nielsen — Yea
Hill — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea

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

Passed 9 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8101
Democratic 1000
Total 9101
% of votes cast 82%9%0%9%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Wolk — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea

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AB 2715 GARCIA, E. Assembly Third Reading

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 69001
Democratic 5000
Republican 5000
Total 79001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brown — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Chau — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Harper — Not Voting
Chávez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Chang — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Brough — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Kim — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gordon — 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 as amended.

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
Santiago — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Daly — Yea
Holden — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Chang — Yea
Obernolte — 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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Subjects

housing agriculture energy
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2715 do?
Existing law establishes the Department of Community Services and Development and requires the department to administer, among other things, the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Existing law requires the department to develop and administer the Energy Efficiency Low-Income Weatherization Program and to expend moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of the program. This bill would require the department to develop and administer the Agricultural Working Poor Energy Efficient Housing Program and to expend moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of the program to improve energy efficiency in farmworker-owned housing. The bill would require the department to report to the Legislature on the program with respect to balances and expenditures, households reached, demographics of the households reached, measures funded, and energy savings. Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to supervise certain low-income targeted energy efficiency programs administered by electrical corporations, gas corporations, or 3rd-party administrators, and requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to undertake various activities and administer various programs to promote energy efficiency. This bill would require the department, in developing the Agricultural Working Poor Energy Efficient Housing Program, to consult with the PUC and the Energy Commission in order to ensure compatibility with the state's energy policies and goals and to avoid duplication of the energy efficiency programs supervised by those commissions.
Who sponsors AB 2715?
AB 2715 is sponsored by Roger Hernández, Garcia, Robert (Democratic), Alejo, Salas, Dodd, and Nielsen.
What is the current status of AB 2715?
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 2715?
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