---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electrical energy: thermal powerplants: permits."
description: "Electrical energy: thermal powerplants: permits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 970"
citation: "California AB 970 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Electrical energy: thermal powerplants: permits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ducheny"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 10
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "2000-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8adf56df-5746-49be-b761-5d79cfd4a466"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB970"
source_hash: "226512f864a97f0c421be46869f1cfbbf731459897ef473e3c7fe9c76d153df4"
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 970 (19992000) — Electrical energy: thermal powerplants: permits.

## 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=199920000AB970&version=19990AB97099INT)
2. **04/27/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB970&version=19990AB97098AMD)
3. **06/26/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB970&version=19990AB97096AMD)
4. **07/06/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB970&version=19990AB97097AMD)
5. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB970&version=19990AB97095AMD)
6. **08/31/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB970&version=19990AB97094AMD)
7. **09/07/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB970&version=19990AB97092CHP)
8. **AB970** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB970)
9. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB970&version=19990AB97093ENR)

## Votes

- AB 970 DUCHENY THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 970 DUCHENY CONCURRENCE URGENCY ADDED W/O REFERENCE TO FILE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB970 Ducheny Suspend Joint Rules — **pass** (pass) · upper
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB970 Ducheny Bowen — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Set, second hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ducheny — primary (person)
- Aanestad — coauthor (person)
- Ackerman — coauthor (person)
- Alpert — coauthor (person)
- Baldwin — coauthor (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Battin — author (person)
- Baugh — principal coauthor (person)
- Bowen — coauthor (person)
- Brewer — coauthor (person)
- Campbell — coauthor (person)
- Cardoza — coauthor (person)
- Cox — coauthor (person)
- Davis — coauthor (person)
- Dickerson — coauthor (person)
- Gallegos — coauthor (person)
- Granlund — coauthor (person)
- House — coauthor (person)
- Kaloogian — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — author (person)
- Kelley — coauthor (person)
- Leach — coauthor (person)
- Machado — coauthor (person)
- Maddox — coauthor (person)
- Maldonado — coauthor (person)
- Margett — coauthor (person)
- Nakano — coauthor (person)
- Olberg — coauthor (person)
- Oller — coauthor (person)
- Pescetti — coauthor (person)
- Rod Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Runner — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Thompson — coauthor (person)
- Zettel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 329, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2000-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 8942.) From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 31). Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendm. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-31** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 1.). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.). Read second time. To third reading. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 6480.). `amendment-passage, reading-3, passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-31** In committee: Reconsideration granted.
- **2000-08-29** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. Senate Rule 21.5 suspended. Joint Rule 61(b) suspended.
- **2000-08-08** In committee: Set, final hearing. Failed passage.
- **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`
- **2000-07-06** In committee: Set second hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2000-07-06** Joint Rule 61 (b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-06-26** 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: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-07-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-07-06** 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`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2149.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 1.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `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/8adf56df-5746-49be-b761-5d79cfd4a466`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).