CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 23Introduced by Assembly Member DeMaioDecember 02, 2024 An act relating to cost of living. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 23, as introduced, DeMaio. The Cost of Living Reduction Act of 2025.Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, and requires the PUC to develop a definition of energy affordability.Existing law also establishes the Milton Marks Little Hoover Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy (Little Hoover Commission) to promote economy, efficiency, and improved service in the transaction of the public business in the various departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the executive branch of state government.This bill, the Cost of Living Reduction Act of 2025, would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to reduce the cost of living in California by undertaking specified activities, including, among other things, by suspending all state taxes and fees on gasoline and electric and gas utilities and by requiring the Little Hoover Commission to provide a report on methods to reduce the cost of living in other areas, as provided.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Cost of Living Reduction Act of 2025.SEC. 2. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to reduce the cost of living in California by reforming regulations and suspending all state taxes and fees on gasoline and electric and gas utilities, providing each household with up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) in cost-of-living relief rebates, and requiring the Milton Marks Little Hoover Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy to provide a report on methods to reduce the cost of living in other areas, such as homeowners insurance, housing, and health care.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 23Introduced by Assembly Member DeMaioDecember 02, 2024 An act relating to cost of living. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 23, as introduced, DeMaio. The Cost of Living Reduction Act of 2025.Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, and requires the PUC to develop a definition of energy affordability.Existing law also establishes the Milton Marks Little Hoover Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy (Little Hoover Commission) to promote economy, efficiency, and improved service in the transaction of the public business in the various departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the executive branch of state government.This bill, the Cost of Living Reduction Act of 2025, would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to reduce the cost of living in California by undertaking specified activities, including, among other things, by suspending all state taxes and fees on gasoline and electric and gas utilities and by requiring the Little Hoover Commission to provide a report on methods to reduce the cost of living in other areas, as provided.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 23
Introduced by Assembly Member DeMaioDecember 02, 2024
Introduced by Assembly Member DeMaio
December 02, 2024
An act relating to cost of living.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 23, as introduced, DeMaio. The Cost of Living Reduction Act of 2025.
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, and requires the PUC to develop a definition of energy affordability.Existing law also establishes the Milton Marks Little Hoover Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy (Little Hoover Commission) to promote economy, efficiency, and improved service in the transaction of the public business in the various departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the executive branch of state government.This bill, the Cost of Living Reduction Act of 2025, would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to reduce the cost of living in California by undertaking specified activities, including, among other things, by suspending all state taxes and fees on gasoline and electric and gas utilities and by requiring the Little Hoover Commission to provide a report on methods to reduce the cost of living in other areas, as provided.
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, and requires the PUC to develop a definition of energy affordability.
Existing law also establishes the Milton Marks Little Hoover Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy (Little Hoover Commission) to promote economy, efficiency, and improved service in the transaction of the public business in the various departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the executive branch of state government.
This bill, the Cost of Living Reduction Act of 2025, would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to reduce the cost of living in California by undertaking specified activities, including, among other things, by suspending all state taxes and fees on gasoline and electric and gas utilities and by requiring the Little Hoover Commission to provide a report on methods to reduce the cost of living in other areas, as provided.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Cost of Living Reduction Act of 2025.SEC. 2. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to reduce the cost of living in California by reforming regulations and suspending all state taxes and fees on gasoline and electric and gas utilities, providing each household with up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) in cost-of-living relief rebates, and requiring the Milton Marks Little Hoover Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy to provide a report on methods to reduce the cost of living in other areas, such as homeowners insurance, housing, and health care.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Cost of Living Reduction Act of 2025.
SECTION 1. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Cost of Living Reduction Act of 2025.
SECTION 1. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Cost of Living Reduction Act of 2025.
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SEC. 2. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to reduce the cost of living in California by reforming regulations and suspending all state taxes and fees on gasoline and electric and gas utilities, providing each household with up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) in cost-of-living relief rebates, and requiring the Milton Marks Little Hoover Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy to provide a report on methods to reduce the cost of living in other areas, such as homeowners insurance, housing, and health care.
SEC. 2. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to reduce the cost of living in California by reforming regulations and suspending all state taxes and fees on gasoline and electric and gas utilities, providing each household with up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) in cost-of-living relief rebates, and requiring the Milton Marks Little Hoover Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy to provide a report on methods to reduce the cost of living in other areas, such as homeowners insurance, housing, and health care.
SEC. 2. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to reduce the cost of living in California by reforming regulations and suspending all state taxes and fees on gasoline and electric and gas utilities, providing each household with up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) in cost-of-living relief rebates, and requiring the Milton Marks Little Hoover Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy to provide a report on methods to reduce the cost of living in other areas, such as homeowners insurance, housing, and health care.
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