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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 500: Energy: usage data.

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 500 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Energy: usage data. Primary sponsor: Henry Stern (D). Most recent recorded action (October 13, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 765, Statutes of 2025.

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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 requires each utility, on and after January 1, 2017, to, upon the request and authorization of the owner, owner’s agent, or operator of a covered building, as defined, deliver or otherwise provide aggregated energy usage data for a covered building to the owner, owner’s agent, or building operator, or to the owner’s account in the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, as specified.

This bill would authorize a utility to satisfy that requirement by delivering or otherwise providing aggregated energy usage data to the owner’s account in any alternative system or tool approved by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Henry SternPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate27

“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 765, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2961.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  5. From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 2939.)
  6. From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E., U & C. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2851.) Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.
  7. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).
  8. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  9. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3176.) Ordered to the Senate.
  10. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  11. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29).
  12. August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

Sources

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