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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001019687-13-001765
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130510
ITEM INFORMATION:		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130510
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130510

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Pacific Ethanol, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000778164
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS [2860]
		IRS NUMBER:				412170618
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-21467
		FILM NUMBER:		13833709

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 CAPITOL MALL, SUITE 2060
		CITY:			SACRAMENTO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95814
		BUSINESS PHONE:		916-403-2123

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 CAPITOL MALL, SUITE 2060
		CITY:			SACRAMENTO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95814

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ACCESSITY CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030627

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DRIVERSSHIELD COM CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20001115

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST PRIORITY GROUP INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<B>THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

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box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (<I>see </I>General Instruction A.2. below):</P>

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a Vote of Security Holders</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">A Special Meeting
of Stockholders (&ldquo;Special Meeting&rdquo;) of Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) was held on May 10, 2013.
The following proposal was approved at the Special Meeting by the votes indicated:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 6pt; padding-right: 4.3pt; padding-left: 4.3pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">To approve an amendment to the Company&rsquo;s Certificate of Incorporation to effectuate a reverse split of the Company&rsquo;s issued and outstanding shares of common stock at a ratio of between 1-for-5 and 1-for-15, inclusive, which ratio will be selected at the sole discretion of the Company&rsquo;s Board of Directors, with any fractional shares that would otherwise be issuable as a result of the reverse split being rounded up to the nearest whole share (the &ldquo;Reverse Stock Split&rdquo;); provided, that the Company&rsquo;s Board of Directors may abandon the Reverse Stock Split or delay the Reverse Stock Split in its sole discretion until the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2014.</FONT></TD>
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of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: left; font-size: 10pt">By: <U>/S/ CHRISTOPHER W.&nbsp;&nbsp;WRIGHT</U></TD></TR>
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