---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electrical restructuring: electric bills: bill stabilization."
description: "Electrical restructuring: electric bills: bill stabilization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 265"
citation: "California AB 265 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electrical restructuring: electric bills: bill stabilization."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-03"
last_action: "2000-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57fb513e-6392-47ea-a30e-8f7fa15c6a62"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB265"
source_hash: "6708b5f7484f9a111b763c69b4a6417ab93c03efe45d7f7c40a17fdb65bb1a83"
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 265 (19992000) — Electrical restructuring: electric bills: bill stabilization.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB265&version=19990AB26599INT)
2. **08/29/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB265&version=19990AB26598AMD)
3. **09/07/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB265&version=19990AB26596CHP)
4. **AB265** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB265)
5. **08/30/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB265&version=19990AB26597ENR)

## Votes

- AB 265 DAVIS THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB265 Davis By Alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 265 DAVIS CONCURRENCE W/O REFERENCE TO FILE URGENCY ADDED — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Alpert — principal coauthor (person)
- Ducheny — coauthor (person)
- Wayne — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 328, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-31** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2000-08-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (August 30). Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 58. Noes 14. Page 8758.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-29** Read third time. Amended. Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 6219.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2000-06-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 31. Page 4963.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 7.) (January 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-03-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (March 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
- **1999-02-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57fb513e-6392-47ea-a30e-8f7fa15c6a62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).