---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal utility districts: purchases."
description: "Municipal utility districts: purchases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 793"
citation: "California AB 793 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipal utility districts: purchases."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cox"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c1f613f-26bb-4891-99a6-627465ea2aea"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB793"
source_hash: "698dc09fb9475839cb3f881556a0fecfa5f81220f77a0a2fddfffd967a1eabc4"
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 793 (20012002) — Municipal utility districts: purchases.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB793&version=20010AB79399INT)
2. **06/26/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB793&version=20010AB79398AMD)
3. **10/10/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB793&version=20010AB79396CHP)
4. **AB793** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB793)
5. **08/31/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB793&version=20010AB79397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB793 Cox By Johannessen — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 793 Cox Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 793 Cox Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 665, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-12** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2001-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3346.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-26** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `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 75. Noes 1. Page 1665.) `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 11. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-07** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1438.)
- **2001-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce and Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-22** 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/6c1f613f-26bb-4891-99a6-627465ea2aea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).