---
type: "Bill"
title: "Biomass facilities: grant program."
description: "Biomass facilities: grant program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2825"
citation: "California AB 2825 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Biomass facilities: grant program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Battin"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2000-02-28"
last_action: "2000-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf1352f2-4ca5-437b-be8b-d00a3bcc53eb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2825"
source_hash: "b286b9be7e5932aa5725d58ad398158e0a0f8943f61b9fabaec4fd4c7bae2dd9"
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 2825 (19992000) — Biomass facilities: grant program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/28/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2825&version=19990AB282599INT)
2. **05/10/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2825&version=19990AB282598AMD)
3. **05/26/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2825&version=19990AB282597AMD)
4. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2825&version=19990AB282596AMD)
5. **08/14/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2825&version=19990AB282595AMD)
6. **08/29/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2825&version=19990AB282594AMD)
7. **08/31/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2825&version=19990AB282593AMD)
8. **09/27/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2825&version=19990AB282591CHP)
9. **AB2825** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2825)
10. **09/01/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2825&version=19990AB282592ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2825 CARDOZA 3RD READING URGENCY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2825 Battin — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2825 BATTIN CONCURRENCE URGENCY ADDED — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Battin — primary (person)
- Florez — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 739, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2000-09-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 61. Noes 3. Page 9092.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-31** Read third time, amended. Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 0. Page 6468.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-22** Joint Rule 61 (b)(14) suspended.
- **2000-08-21** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2000-08-14** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-10** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-06-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 3. Page 6898.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 24). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-15** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6378.)
- **2000-05-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Joint Rule 61(b)(5)(6) suspended. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-29** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2000-02-28** Joint Rule 54 suspended. Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. 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/bf1352f2-4ca5-437b-be8b-d00a3bcc53eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).