January 16, 2026 Assembly Natural Resources Committee

California State Assembly Natural Resources Committee · January 16, 2026

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Hearing opened; AB 34 announced

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Committee chair opened the Natural Resources Committee special-order hearing and announced the sole bill on the agenda: AB 34, introduced by Assemblymember Joe Patterson. Chair noted the hearing was a special order and invited the sponsor to begin.

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The California State Assembly Natural Resources Committee held a special-order hearing on AB 34, a bill sponsored by Assemblymember Joe Patterson to extend a limited eligibility for publicly owned utilities to count existing large hydroelectric generation toward the state's renewable portfolio standard; the committee gave the bill a due-pass recommendation and referred it to the Appropriations Committee following unanimous recorded support from members present.

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