---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public utilities: eminent domain: certificate of public convenience and necessity."
description: "Public utilities: eminent domain: certificate of public convenience and necessity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002 Special Session 2"
identifier: "AB 21"
citation: "California AB 21 (20012002 Special Session 2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public utilities: eminent domain: certificate of public convenience and necessity."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canciamilla"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-05-17"
last_action: "2001-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4435817-7061-4c94-9bda-3d71251548b6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120022AB21"
source_hash: "e0eae3b90d12bcdb39540f197f0955d098f9d1abd512f2450ae82c5c6a36c763"
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 21 (20012002 Special Session 2) — Public utilities: eminent domain: certificate of public convenience and necessity.

## Version chain

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

1. **05/17/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120022AB21&version=20012AB2199INT)
2. **08/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120022AB21&version=20012AB2198AMD)
3. **10/12/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120022AB21&version=20012AB2196CHP)
4. **AB21** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120022AB21)
5. **09/14/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120022AB21&version=20012AB2197ENR)

## Votes

- AB 21 Canciamilla Concurrence in Senate Amendments Second Extraordinary Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB21 Canciamilla By Peace — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 21 Canciamilla Consent Calendar Second Day Second Extraordinary Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Canciamilla — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 14, Statutes of 2001-02 Second Extraordinary Session.
- **2001-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2001-09-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 384.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 215.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-09-12** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-09-10** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2001-08-30** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2001-08-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (August 28). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-08-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-07** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 112.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-04** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 77.)
- **2001-05-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules From committee: That the bill be re-referred to the Standing Committee on Appropriations (Pursuant to Assembly Rule 51.3). (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-18** From printer.
- **2001-05-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4435817-7061-4c94-9bda-3d71251548b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).