Energy permitting and siting
Should local zoning and permitting authority over energy facilities be streamlined, restricted, or expanded? 26 bills, 6 became law. Latest: California SB 925, became law, Sep 30.
- Coming back
- 1
- Became law
- 2
- Stopped
- 4
The bills in California
May return next session 1
- Must be reintroduced next sessionInvestor-Owned Utilities Accountability ActPassed first chamber
Already law 2
Became law
State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: strategic plan: certification and environmental review
California · SB 925
Latest: Approved by the Governor · Sep 30
Became law
Building decarbonization: notice and recordation of a decarbonization charge
California · AB 737
Latest: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 276, Statutes of 2025 · Oct 3, 2025
Stopped: vetoed, failed or out of time 4
- Veto sustained · Mar 2Equitable clean energy supply chains and industrial policy in CaliforniaVetoed
- From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56 · Feb 2Integrated energy policy report: port infrastructure for offshore wind energy developmentFailed
- Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56 · Feb 2California Solar Initiative: distributed energy resource equipment listsSession ended
- From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56 · Feb 2In-state geothermal energy generationFailed
Grouped by AI from the bills closest to Energy, by the policy questions they address; showing those in California. Bills in a group may take opposing positions. Grouping as of October 27, 2026. A bill is not a law until it is signed.
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