---
type: "Bill"
title: "Small wind energy systems."
description: "Small wind energy systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1207"
citation: "California AB 1207 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Small wind energy systems."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Longville"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e65e39b0-17b3-4346-89f2-a6c0493ce335"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1207"
source_hash: "fb3ea7c1f5e7fe3f5285d49318a62b7cbf5837cfbeb5a7fb6f47be95dfeda14b"
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 1207 (20012002) — Small wind energy systems.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1207&version=20010AB120799INT)
2. **04/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1207&version=20010AB120798AMD)
3. **06/28/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1207&version=20010AB120797AMD)
4. **07/11/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1207&version=20010AB120796AMD)
5. **07/18/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1207&version=20010AB120795AMD)
6. **08/29/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1207&version=20010AB120794AMD)
7. **09/06/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1207&version=20010AB120793AMD)
8. **10/07/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1207&version=20010AB120791CHP)
9. **AB1207** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1207)
10. **09/13/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1207&version=20010AB120792ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1207 Longville Concurrence in Senate Amendments Motion to Re-refer to Committee By Pacheco,Rod — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1207 Longville By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1207 Longville Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1207 Longville Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Longville — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 562, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-13** Motion to re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government made by Assembly Member Rod Pacheco. Motion to re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government lost. (Ayes 32. Noes 42. page 3914.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 58. Noes 22. Page 3915.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2001-09-13** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 2862.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-09-06** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-29** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-28** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2001-08-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Further hearing to be set.
- **2001-07-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-05-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 1592.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e65e39b0-17b3-4346-89f2-a6c0493ce335`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).