---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electricity: renewable energy resources."
description: "Electricity: renewable energy resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 946"
citation: "California AB 946 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electricity: renewable energy resources."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krekorian"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31e27f06-c8b1-4b14-9b82-142d60e005a3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB946"
source_hash: "59b614fb52e16a1f00832a56fe5ba9ef64183edd398b0a4a6849f1650426ab57"
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 946 (20072008) — Electricity: renewable energy resources.

## 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=200720080AB946&version=20070AB94699INT)
2. **04/16/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB946&version=20070AB94698AMD)
3. **07/20/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB946&version=20070AB94696CHP)
4. **AB946** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB946)
5. **07/11/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB946&version=20070AB94697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Natural Resources to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 946 KREKORIAN Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #12 AB946 Krekorian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Krekorian — 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.
- **2007-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce and Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-21** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1628.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-07-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-07-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1725.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-07-09** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-07-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2007-07-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 112, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31e27f06-c8b1-4b14-9b82-142d60e005a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).