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Laws · California · S.B. 978

S.B. 978: Data centers: labor: electricity rates.

California, 2025-2026 Regular Session. In committee, April 8, 2026.

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Status In committee In committee, .

Official summary

No official summary is on file yet. The full text is on the legislature's page, linked below.

Description

An act to amend Section 913.11 of, and to add Section 740.22 to, the Public Utilities Code, relating to public utilities.

As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan, source 1. It is the legislature's own line about the measure, not a summary of it.

Measure Bill.

Sponsors Sasha Renee Perez (D); Jesse Arreguin (D); Damon Connolly (D); John Harabedian (D); Melissa Hurtado (D); Jerry McNerney (D); Chris Rogers (D); Pilar Schiavo (D)

Subjects None on file. The legislature's own list.

Official page leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB978. Found through LegiScan (bill 2108301), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.

What happened, and when

  1. April 8, 2026 In committee

    S.B. 978 went to committee in the Senate. leginfo.legislature.ca.gov primary source [1] The official action text: From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1. Page 3794.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR..

  2. March 23, 2026 In committee

    S.B. 978 went to committee in the Senate. leginfo.legislature.ca.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R..

  3. March 19, 2026 In committee

    S.B. 978 went to committee in the Senate. leginfo.legislature.ca.gov primary source [1] The official action text: From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. (Ayes 12. Noes 4. Page 3588.) (March 17)..

  4. March 9, 2026 In committee

    S.B. 978 went to committee in the Senate. leginfo.legislature.ca.gov primary source [1] The official action text: From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C..

  5. February 11, 2026 In committee

    S.B. 978 went to committee in the Senate. leginfo.legislature.ca.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and L., P.E. & R..

  6. February 4, 2026 Introduced

    S.B. 978 was introduced in the Senate. leginfo.legislature.ca.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print..

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Sources

  1. S.B. 978 on the legislature's site leginfo.legislature.ca.gov

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