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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 61: Electricity and natural gas: legislation imposing mandated programs and requirements: third-party review.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 61 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on December 2, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Electricity and natural gas: legislation imposing mandated programs and requirements: third-party review. Primary sponsor: Blanca Pacheco (D). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (August 29, 2025): In committee: Held under submission.

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Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations. The Public Advocate’s Office of the Public Utilities Commission is established as an independent office within the commission to represent and advocate on behalf of the interests of public utility customers and subscribers within the jurisdiction of the commission.

This bill would require the office to establish, by January 1, 2027, a program to, upon request of the Legislature, analyze legislation that would establish a mandated requirement or program or otherwise affect electrical or gas ratepayers, as specified. The bill would require the office to develop and implement conflict-of-interest provisions to prohibit a person from participating in an analysis for which the person knows or has reasons to know that the person has a material financial interest. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2032.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Blanca PachecoPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly64
Rhodesia RansomCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly13
Blanca RubioCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly48
Susan RubioCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Greg WallisCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly47

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. In committee: Held under submission.
  2. In committee: Referred to 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 15. Noes 0.) (July 7).
  5. Referred to Com. on E., U & C.
  6. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1816.)
  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  9. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
  10. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
  11. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  12. Read second time and amended.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page