---
type: "Bill"
title: "Production and transmission of public utility commodities and services: natural gas."
description: "Production and transmission of public utility commodities and services: natural gas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1234"
citation: "California AB 1234 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Production and transmission of public utility commodities and services: natural gas."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pescetti"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2002-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a922e40-22f7-42b6-aa0d-3d83d5977ecb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1234"
source_hash: "ec70348920bf65ebc495931acfa95d2a654811d0a01e74468fba47db824b69d2"
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 1234 (20012002) — Production and transmission of public utility commodities and services: natural gas.

## 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=200120020AB1234&version=20010AB123499INT)
2. **05/03/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1234&version=20010AB123498AMD)
3. **06/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1234&version=20010AB123496AMD)
4. **07/05/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1234&version=20010AB123497AMD)
5. **08/07/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1234&version=20010AB123495AMD)
6. **09/24/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1234&version=20010AB123493CHP)
7. **AB1234** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1234)
8. **08/31/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1234&version=20010AB123494ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1234 Pescetti Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent Cal AB1234 Pescetti By Bowen — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1234 Pescetti Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pescetti — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 839, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2002-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 8694.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-30** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-29** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2002-08-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5823.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-26** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2002-08-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-09** (Corrected August 8. )
- **2002-08-07** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, committee-passage, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-19** 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`
- **2001-07-17** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended (Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications).
- **2001-07-11** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-07-05** 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`
- **2001-06-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1663.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `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/5a922e40-22f7-42b6-aa0d-3d83d5977ecb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).