---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solar energy."
description: "Solar energy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2180"
citation: "California AB 2180 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Solar energy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lieu"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-20"
last_action: "2008-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f98a6e3-e9ed-445f-b245-b675fe25f3af"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2180"
source_hash: "f3777b132d3a26621d1cc84236d74f5d29d1feb09c5398856ba6b3b6cfb3c4a3"
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 2180 (20072008) — Solar energy.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2180&version=20070AB218099INT)
2. **04/21/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2180&version=20070AB218098AMD)
3. **05/05/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2180&version=20070AB218097AMD)
4. **06/19/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2180&version=20070AB218096AMD)
5. **07/10/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2180&version=20070AB218095AMD)
6. **09/28/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2180&version=20070AB218093CHP)
7. **AB2180** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2180)
8. **08/08/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2180&version=20070AB218094ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2180 Lieu By Kehoe — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2180 LIEU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2180 LIEU Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lieu — primary (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2008-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-03-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 16). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-21** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-12** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2008-05-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5209.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-19** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-26** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-06-30** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2008-07-10** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-05** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4779.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6235.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2008-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 539, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f98a6e3-e9ed-445f-b245-b675fe25f3af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).