---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generation facilities: regulation."
description: "Generation facilities: regulation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 583"
citation: "California AB 583 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Generation facilities: regulation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leslie"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-18"
last_action: "2003-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b989b8b7-7842-424b-b0fa-4de50fed69e9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB583"
source_hash: "0cbbc51ed6c828e8dbbdc99ba2d59070a8e79bb41284cf041ce0ceee0ec8fdbf"
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 583 (20032004) — Generation facilities: regulation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB583&version=20030AB58399INT)
2. **03/25/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB583&version=20030AB58398AMD)
3. **06/19/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB583&version=20030AB58397AMD)
4. **07/24/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB583&version=20030AB58395CHP)
5. **AB583** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB583)
6. **07/10/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB583&version=20030AB58396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent #18 ab583 leslie — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 583 leslie concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 583 leslie consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leslie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 108, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2003-07-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2733.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1669.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-06-19** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-18** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1253.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-21** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-25** 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`
- **2003-02-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2003-02-18** 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/b989b8b7-7842-424b-b0fa-4de50fed69e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).