---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric microutilities."
description: "Electric microutilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2509"
citation: "California AB 2509 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electric microutilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nakanishi"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7ede730-ce39-4fb0-9577-ceb8811be811"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2509"
source_hash: "232436fb3c70837d1a8151c32c18cdf248b14ba03c5b3227481a03701295f70d"
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 2509 (20032004) — Electric microutilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2509&version=20030AB250999INT)
2. **04/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2509&version=20030AB250998AMD)
3. **04/27/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2509&version=20030AB250997AMD)
4. **06/15/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2509&version=20030AB250996AMD)
5. **07/08/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2509&version=20030AB250995AMD)
6. **09/21/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2509&version=20030AB250993CHP)
7. **AB2509** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2509)
8. **08/16/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2509&version=20030AB250994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2509 nakanishi concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2509 nakanishi assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2509 nakanishi by oller — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nakanishi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 639, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2004-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 7145.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 1.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-08** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-15** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 3. Page 5721.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-04-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/d7ede730-ce39-4fb0-9577-ceb8811be811`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).