---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local publicly owned electric utilities: condemnation process: distribution facilities."
description: "Local publicly owned electric utilities: condemnation process: distribution facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2869"
citation: "California AB 2869 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local publicly owned electric utilities: condemnation process: distribution facilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae7c3a8a-a598-4d4a-a3f9-d7fc7be8a876"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2869"
source_hash: "0a8828f49e10ec4859c157051237eaeac58c535d3d942d7b64bd27397d753683"
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 2869 (20032004) — Local publicly owned electric utilities: condemnation process: distribution facilities.

## 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=200320040AB2869&version=20030AB286999INT)
2. **04/29/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2869&version=20030AB286998AMD)
3. **05/25/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2869&version=20030AB286997AMD)
4. **06/30/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2869&version=20030AB286996AMD)
5. **09/21/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2869&version=20030AB286994CHP)
6. **AB2869** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2869)
7. **08/18/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2869&version=20030AB286995ENR)

## Votes

- special consent cale ab2869 levine — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2869 levine concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2869 levine assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 646, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7285.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-07-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4727.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-30** 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** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6147.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-25** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5468.). `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce 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`
- **2004-02-22** 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/ae7c3a8a-a598-4d4a-a3f9-d7fc7be8a876`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).