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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 1168: Data centers: rate structures.

Enacted 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

SB 1168 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 18, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Data centers: rate structures. Primary sponsor: Jerry McNerney (D). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (September 21, 2026): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 440, Statutes of 2026.

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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. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable.

This bill would require the commission to assess opportunities for rate structures to ensure data centers pay a reasonable share of their costs associated with transmission and distribution needs, ensure that data centers pay for their proportionate share of load increases and procurements needed to reliably serve their loads while maintaining consistency with the applicable integrated resource planning requirements, and alleviate cost pressures on residential ratepayers.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jerry McNerneyPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate5
Sasha Renée PérezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate25

“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. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 440, Statutes of 2026.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6775.) Ordered to the Senate.
  7. Ordered to third reading.
  8. From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Flora.
  9. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
  10. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 5).
  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  12. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.

Sources

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