Bills at a glance: key outcomes from the Senate Energy committee hearing

The Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications considered a wide range of bills Tuesday. Below is a concise summary of procedural outcomes, as recorded at the hearing. For bills with fuller debate and technical amendments, see the separate articles published from the same hearing.

- SB 51 (standard time): Motion and roll call were held during the hearing; committee discussion occurred and the item was left "on call" while quorum/roll adjustments were confirmed. (See committee transcript for recorded roll calls.)

- SB 283 (Clean Energy Safety Act of 2025): Passed to the Local Government Committee as amended; committee vote recorded 11–0.

- SB 350 (statewide low-income water-rate assistance): Passed as amended to the Senate Appropriations Committee; committee recorded 'That's 63' and left roll open for absent members.

- SB 371 (rideshare insurance clarification): Passed to the Senate Rules/Transportation Committee (motion recorded in committee); the committee recorded an aye vote with the roll left open and the clerk noted the vote count as the roll was left on call (record context in transcript shows the committee advanced the measure).

- SB 767 (pipeline early-warning / refinery supply visibility): Passed to the Natural Resources Committee as amended; committee recorded an 8–0 vote and left roll open.

- SB 24 (restricting IOU use of ratepayer funds for advocacy/ads): Passed as amended to the Senate Judiciary Committee; recorded vote 7–4 and roll left open for additional members.

- SB 787 (clean-energy supply-chain coordination): Passed as amended to the Senate Appropriations Committee; committee recorded a 9–2 vote, roll left open.

- SB 80 (fusion energy hubs): Passed as amended to the Appropriations Committee with committee recording 12–0 and roll left open.

- SB 332 (utility-accountability study and procurement guardrails): Passed as amended to the Senate Judiciary Committee; committee recorded a 6–4 vote and left roll open.

- SB 613 (certification of upstream emissions for imported petroleum): Passed as amended to Appropriations Committee; committee recorded vote 7–3 (roll left open for absent members).

- SB 667 (California Railway Safety Act): Heard; no committee vote recorded at this hearing and sponsors will continue negotiations with stakeholders on technical definitions.

Note: Several measures were advanced with committee amendments and with the committee vote/roll left open for absent members. For full roll-call names and verbatim vote statements see the committee transcript.