---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public utilities: net energy metering."
description: "Public utilities: net energy metering."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 918"
citation: "California AB 918 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public utilities: net energy metering."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keeley"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 13
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "2000-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/181646d5-1202-4b7c-b551-d1efdfaaeb35"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB918"
source_hash: "50d7b28018dcef708705bd6a95ba9b207b291ce7a0edb17d3b49f74b6c209b9d"
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 918 (19992000) — Public utilities: net energy metering.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB918&version=19990AB91899INT)
2. **04/19/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB918&version=19990AB91898AMD)
3. **07/01/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB918&version=19990AB91897AMD)
4. **08/10/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB918&version=19990AB91896AMD)
5. **08/25/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB918&version=19990AB91895AMD)
6. **09/30/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB918&version=19990AB91893CHP)
7. **AB918** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB918)
8. **08/30/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB918&version=19990AB91894ENR)

## Votes

- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 918 KEELEY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.4. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB918 Keeley Peace — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · legislature
- Do pass. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- AB 918 KEELEY THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Keeley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1043, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2000-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 8730.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 6228.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-28** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. 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`
- **2000-08-24** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2000-08-23** Joint Rule 61(b) suspended.
- **2000-08-22** From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules pursuant to Senate Rule 28.4 (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-09-03** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended. In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **1999-09-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-07-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-08** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **1999-07-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `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 71. Noes 2. Page 1920.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Passed on file.
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 2.) (May 12). `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 14. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **1999-02-25** 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/181646d5-1202-4b7c-b551-d1efdfaaeb35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).