---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Alternative Rates for Energy: eligibility."
description: "California Alternative Rates for Energy: eligibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2857"
citation: "California AB 2857 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Alternative Rates for Energy: eligibility."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lieber"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d17eb0d-ce6a-4e6f-a091-fc3532a98d36"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2857"
source_hash: "4833a7f569a2eda38df732f0089ad19e5b2b0408de4a653c6671dfc846808e4e"
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 2857 (20072008) — California Alternative Rates for Energy: eligibility.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2857&version=20070AB285799INT)
2. **03/25/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2857&version=20070AB285798AMD)
3. **05/08/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2857&version=20070AB285797AMD)
4. **06/24/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2857&version=20070AB285796AMD)
5. **09/28/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2857&version=20070AB285794CHP)
6. **AB2857** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2857)
7. **09/05/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2857&version=20070AB285795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Be referred to Committee on Utilities and Commerce. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2857 Lieber By Simitian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2857 Lieber Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2857 LIEBER Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lieber — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2008-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2008-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2008-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-03-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-03** From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 3). `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-08** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 5048.). `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5142.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-23** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-24** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 5391.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2008-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7014.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2008-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 536, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d17eb0d-ce6a-4e6f-a091-fc3532a98d36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).