---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy efficiency standards: clothes washers."
description: "Energy efficiency standards: clothes washers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1561"
citation: "California AB 1561 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy efficiency standards: clothes washers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelley"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2002-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6552f53-ca05-4928-9fae-1299c74c1294"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1561"
source_hash: "396fb00ea9ccbcd09d324d5068024b3872280c181acf30640fe636f108266d89"
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 1561 (20012002) — Energy efficiency standards: clothes washers.

## 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=200120020AB1561&version=20010AB156199INT)
2. **03/29/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1561&version=20010AB156198AMD)
3. **04/11/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1561&version=20010AB156194AMD)
4. **04/26/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1561&version=20010AB156197AMD)
5. **06/20/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1561&version=20010AB156193AMD)
6. **06/26/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1561&version=20010AB156196AMD)
7. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1561&version=20010AB156192AMD)
8. **09/04/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1561&version=20010AB156195AMD)
9. **09/09/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1561&version=20010AB156190CHP)
10. **AB1561** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1561)
11. **08/20/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1561&version=20010AB156191ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1561 Kelley By Alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1561 Kelley Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1561 Kelley Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kelley — primary (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 421, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 50. Noes 21. Page 7834.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-19** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (August 19). `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-15** Not subject to Joint Rule 61 deadlines pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
- **2002-08-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 5351.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-20** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-19** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-22** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-16** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-03** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2054.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-25** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `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/c6552f53-ca05-4928-9fae-1299c74c1294`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).