SB 1265 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority: GoGreen Program.

Summary
Under existing law, the purpose of the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act is to advance the state's goals of reducing the levels of greenhouse gas emissions, increasing the deployment of sustainable and renewable energy sources, implementing measures that increase the efficiency of the use of energy, creating high quality employment opportunities, and lessening the state's dependence on fossil fuels and to that end to provide an alternative method of financing in providing and promoting the establishment of facilities utilizing alternative methods and sources of energy and facilities needed for the development and commercialization of advanced transportation technologies. Existing law establishes the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority to carry out that purpose. Existing Public Utilities Commission decisions established the California Hub for Energy Efficiency Financing program, administered by the authority and funded through charges collected by specified electrical corporations and gas corporations from their ratepayers. This bill would require the authority to administer the GoGreen Program, previously known as the California Hub for Energy Efficiency Financing program, and would authorize the authority to use moneys collected from the ratepayers of electrical and gas corporations, as directed by the commission, and other available funding sources, consistent with the program's purposes. The bill would require the program to provide financing assistance to participating lenders to support residents in financing eligible energy efficiency and decarbonization measures at costs that are competitive with or below market rates. The bill would authorize the authority to receive, administer, and deploy additional moneys from federal, state, local, or private sources to support and expand the GoGreen Program, if those moneys are used in a manner consistent with the program's goals and the parameters of the funding source. The bill would create the GoGreen Program Fund in the State Treasury and would make all moneys in the fund available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the authority for expenditure, as provided.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 19, 2026 Last action Jun 24, 2026
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What changed between versions

05/14/26 - Amended Senate SB1265 · 3 edits
MINOR
The GoGreen Program bill was modified to remove the continuous appropriation mechanism, replacing it with language requiring legislative appropriation before funds can be spent. As a consequence, the bill is no longer classified as an appropriation bill and no longer requires a two-thirds supermajority vote for passage. This makes it easier to pass but adds a recurring legislative step to access program funds.
FISCAL

The GoGreen Program Fund in the State Treasury no longer has a continuous appropriation. Instead, all moneys in the fund are now available only upon appropriation by the Legislature, meaning the program will need annual (or periodic) legislative action to access its funds.

The appropriation designation on the bill changed from 'yes' to 'no,' reflecting that the bill no longer makes a direct or continuous appropriation of state funds.

ENFORCEMENT

The bill's vote requirement changed from a two-thirds supermajority to a simple majority, because removing the continuous appropriation means it is no longer an appropriation bill under California law.

Floor votes · Senate May 22, 2026

How they voted

275
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 40
May 22, 2026
D Democratic30
25 Yea 5
83% Yea
R Republican10
2 Yea 5 Nay 3
50% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Amendments
4
Jun 1, 2026
Committee
Referred to Com. on U. & E.
lower
May 22, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 5. Page 4416.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
May 14, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
upper
May 14, 2026
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4271.) (May 14).
upper
Apr 14, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Apr 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1. Page 3756.) (April 7).
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Committee
Referred to Com. on E., U & C.
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Laura Richardson
Laura Richardson
DDemocratic
CA
35