---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Alternate Rates for Energy or CARE program."
description: "California Alternate Rates for Energy or CARE program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002 Special Session 1"
identifier: "AB 3"
citation: "California AB 3 (20012002 Special Session 1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Alternate Rates for Energy or CARE program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-01-09"
last_action: "2001-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dec6ee41-542b-4ccb-8436-004850465d98"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120021AB3"
source_hash: "1d2754af8eafdbe2a0d19655d982ecc006c6430dfe5375959e786d9e3d311699"
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 3 (20012002 Special Session 1) — California Alternate Rates for Energy or CARE program.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/09/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120021AB3&version=20011AB399INT)
2. **02/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120021AB3&version=20011AB398AMD)
3. **02/27/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120021AB3&version=20011AB397AMD)
4. **03/05/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120021AB3&version=20011AB396AMD)
5. **03/21/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120021AB3&version=20011AB395AMD)
6. **03/29/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120021AB3&version=20011AB394AMD)
7. **04/02/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120021AB3&version=20011AB393AMD)
8. **04/26/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120021AB3&version=20011AB392AMD)
9. **05/08/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120021AB3&version=20011AB391AMD)
10. **05/22/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120021AB3&version=20011AB389CHP)
11. **AB3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120021AB3)
12. **05/10/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120021AB3&version=20011AB390ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB3 Wright Concurrence in Senate Amendments First Extraordinary Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB3 Wright Alarcon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB3 Wright Assembly Third Reading First Extraordinary Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wright — primary (person)
- Alarcon — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 11, Statutes of 2001-02 First Extraordinary Session.
- **2001-05-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-05-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2001-05-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 472.) Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 472.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-05-09** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 241.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-08** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-26** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-02** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-29** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-21** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-03-12** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 213.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-03-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-03-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-03-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (February 28). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-02-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-27** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-02-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (February 20). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-02-20** Re-referred to Com. on E. C. & A. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. C. & A. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-02-05** Referred to Com. on E. C. & A. `referral-committee`
- **2001-01-10** From printer.
- **2001-01-09** 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/dec6ee41-542b-4ccb-8436-004850465d98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).