---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electrical restructuring."
description: "Electrical restructuring."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 811"
citation: "California AB 811 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electrical restructuring."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keeley"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "1999-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6960ce17-5c5b-43d0-87c6-519c3fb46470"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB811"
source_hash: "d481fa5c0e79e53a6f676d4054c13b1457a00265cb791de8dafb034c514625f0"
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 811 (19992000) — Electrical restructuring.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB811&version=19990AB81199INT)
2. **04/07/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB811&version=19990AB81198AMD)
3. **04/19/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB811&version=19990AB81197AMD)
4. **07/12/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB811&version=19990AB81196AMD)
5. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB811&version=19990AB81195AMD)
6. **08/25/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB811&version=19990AB81194AMD)
7. **09/16/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB811&version=19990AB81192CHP)
8. **AB811** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB811)
9. **09/02/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB811&version=19990AB81193ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 811 KEELEY THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #26 AB811 Keeley — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keeley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 408, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
- **1999-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3788.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2727.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-25** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. (Corrected August 23. ) `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-12** 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`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1906.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-07** 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`
- **1999-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **1999-02-24** 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/6960ce17-5c5b-43d0-87c6-519c3fb46470`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).