---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public utilities: procurement."
description: "Public utilities: procurement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 873"
citation: "California AB 873 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public utilities: procurement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2008-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7d76c5e-4bbb-48c8-9e2f-e834971824ed"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB873"
source_hash: "fd861e74542fa5df27361160f53221235ef204f07a61010f6ef23f74b16d99ed"
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 873 (20072008) — Public utilities: procurement.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB873&version=20070AB87399INT)
2. **01/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB873&version=20070AB87398AMD)
3. **01/18/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB873&version=20070AB87397AMD)
4. **06/30/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB873&version=20070AB87396AMD)
5. **09/26/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB873&version=20070AB87394CHP)
6. **AB873** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB873)
7. **08/14/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB873&version=20070AB87395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 873 DAVIS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB873 Davis By Kehoe — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 873 DAVIS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2007-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** 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`
- **2008-01-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (January 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-18** 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`
- **2008-01-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5. Page 3814.) (January 24). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 27. Page 3856.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-01-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** 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: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 4879.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-12** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6339.)
- **2008-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 29. Page 6339.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
- **2008-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 316, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7d76c5e-4bbb-48c8-9e2f-e834971824ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).