---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy: solar energy systems."
description: "Energy: solar energy systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1714"
citation: "California AB 1714 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy: solar energy systems."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2007-03-01"
last_action: "2007-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/623c0f55-740f-4a26-896e-295541385332"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1714"
source_hash: "e3c76588e86652fff83c15baea87afc41a7b067935eb2fb0410b037397694929"
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 1714 (20072008) — Energy: solar energy systems.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/01/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1714&version=20070AB171499INT)
2. **04/09/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1714&version=20070AB171498AMD)
3. **05/15/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1714&version=20070AB171497AMD)
4. **05/22/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1714&version=20070AB171496AMD)
5. **06/07/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1714&version=20070AB171494CHP)
6. **AB1714** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1714)
7. **06/06/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1714&version=20070AB171495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1714 U.& C. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1714 LEVINE Concurrence- Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1714 Levine Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)
- Kehoe — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-03-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-02** From printer. May be heard in committee April 1.
- **2007-03-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-30** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1326.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-14** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 943.)
- **2007-05-15** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-22** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 1066.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-05-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-06** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1982.)
- **2007-06-06** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 6). `committee-passage`
- **2007-06-06** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 3. Page 2002.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2007-06-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 11, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/623c0f55-740f-4a26-896e-295541385332`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).