---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy."
description: "Energy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002 Special Session 2"
identifier: "AB 61"
citation: "California AB 61 (20012002 Special Session 2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kehoe"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-05-30"
last_action: "2001-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6aa6552-5fda-4a46-b075-62918569a860"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120022AB61"
source_hash: "ea3da31da532486f721478a8025299fa6bd34a74f41ef2faf764d07ec2ab669d"
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 61 (20012002 Special Session 2) — Energy.

## Version chain

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

1. **05/30/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120022AB61&version=20012AB6199INT)
2. **09/04/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120022AB61&version=20012AB6198AMD)
3. **10/05/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120022AB61&version=20012AB6196CHP)
4. **AB61** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120022AB61)
5. **09/14/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120022AB61&version=20012AB6197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 61 Kehoe Consent Calendar Second Day Second Extraordinary Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB61 Kehoe — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 61 Kehoe Concurrence in Senate Amendments Second Extraordinary Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kehoe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 9, Statutes of 2001-02 Second Extraordinary Session.
- **2001-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2001-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 373.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2001-09-13** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 207.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-04** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 164.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-20** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-06-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-04** Referred to Com. on E. C. & A. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-31** From printer.
- **2001-05-30** 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/f6aa6552-5fda-4a46-b075-62918569a860`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).