---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public utilities: electrical power: irrigation districts."
description: "Public utilities: electrical power: irrigation districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2638"
citation: "California AB 2638 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public utilities: electrical power: irrigation districts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardoza"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2000-02-25"
last_action: "2000-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/183ffc88-116f-42e4-bbc5-3016a4a9cf31"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2638"
source_hash: "dd5ce74509d47cc04eae8a02badd52e165bc5d7a2db7d1fb61ab01eb20712979"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2638 (19992000) — Public utilities: electrical power: irrigation districts.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/25/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2638&version=19990AB263899INT)
2. **05/01/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2638&version=19990AB263898AMD)
3. **05/08/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2638&version=19990AB263897AMD)
4. **05/15/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2638&version=19990AB263896AMD)
5. **05/25/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2638&version=19990AB263895AMD)
6. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2638&version=19990AB263894AMD)
7. **08/18/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2638&version=19990AB263893AMD)
8. **08/23/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2638&version=19990AB263892AMD)
9. **08/31/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2638&version=19990AB263891AMD)
10. **09/30/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2638&version=19990AB263889CHP)
11. **AB2638** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2638)
12. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2638&version=19990AB263890ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2638 CALDERON THIRD READING W/O REFERENCE TO FILE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2638 CARDOZA THIRD READING W/O REFERENCE TO FILE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB2638 Calderon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cardoza — primary (person)
- Calderon — author (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2000-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1042, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 64. Noes 3. Page 9039.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-31** Withdrawn from committee. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 1. Page 6519.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-30** From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-29** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended. (Page 6220.) Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6220.)
- **2000-08-23** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-21** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended.
- **2000-08-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-08-07** Joint Rule 61(b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-08-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-06-01** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 3. Page 6991.) `reading-3, passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-31** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2000-05-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-04** Joint Rule 61 (b)(5) and (b)(6) suspended.
- **2000-05-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-28** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2000-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2000-02-25** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/183ffc88-116f-42e4-bbc5-3016a4a9cf31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).