---
type: "Bill"
title: "Net energy metering."
description: "Net energy metering."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 58"
citation: "California AB 58 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Net energy metering."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keeley"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-12-04"
last_action: "2002-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cc826ab-9b55-4929-8368-0a834e3b321c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB58"
source_hash: "d471d47dbebd4302b83995dd8e39cd3a7206fc508925341f60525a4c92680a44"
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 58 (20012002) — Net energy metering.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/04/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB58&version=20010AB5899INT)
2. **01/07/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB58&version=20010AB5898AMD)
3. **01/16/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB58&version=20010AB5897AMD)
4. **06/20/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB58&version=20010AB5896AMD)
5. **08/06/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB58&version=20010AB5895AMD)
6. **08/27/02 - Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB58&version=20010AB5894PRO)
7. **09/24/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB58&version=20010AB5892CHP)
8. **AB58** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB58)
9. **08/30/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB58&version=20010AB5893ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 58 Keeley Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **fail** (fail) · lower
- AB 58 Keeley Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB58 Keeley By Murray — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 58 Keeley Conference Report — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Conference Reports AB58 Keeley By Bowen — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keeley — primary (person)
- Kehoe — coauthor (person)
- Pescetti — author (person)
- Richman — coauthor (person)
- Wayne — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 836, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2002-08-30** Senate adopts Conference report. To enrollment. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 6004.)
- **2002-08-30** Assembly adopts Conference report. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 8580.)
- **2002-08-28** From printer.
- **2002-08-27** From Conference Committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in and that the bill be further amended. (Ayes: 6 (Assembly: Keeley, Pescetti, and Wright ) (Senate: Morrow, Bowen, and Alarcon)) (Noes: 0). To Print. `amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-22** Senators Bowen, Alarcon, and Morrow appointed to Conference Committee.
- **2002-08-21** Assembly Members Keeley, Wright, and Pescetti appointed to Conference Committee.
- **2002-08-20** Assembly refused to concur in Senate amendments. To Conference Committee. (Ayes 2. Noes 72. Page 7833.) `committee-failure`
- **2002-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 5440.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-06** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 5). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-20** 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`
- **2002-01-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-01-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 4524.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-01-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-01-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-01-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 14). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-01-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2000-12-05** From printer. May be heard in committee January 4.
- **2000-12-04** 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/6cc826ab-9b55-4929-8368-0a834e3b321c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).